Liberty County Estate Inventory – John Mann – They Had Names

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Liberty County Estate Inventory – John Mann

Location: Liberty County, Georgia (but recorded in Chatham County, Georgia)
Deceased: Mann, John
Date of Appraisal: 1789-08-01
Appraisers: Charles Harden, Philip Hornby, Shadrack. Butler, Robert Holms, Edward Harden
Estate Executor: Luke Mann
Court Officer: N/A
Date Recorded: 1822-05-23
Recording Official: John Stevens
Total Value of Property Appraised: 735.4 pounds
Value of enslaved persons: 530 pounds
Comments: Appraisal listed cattle, sheep, household items, plantation tools

[Note: Different appraisal conducted in two different years]

An appraisement of the goods and chattels of John Mann Esqr Deceased August 1st 1789

[Original listed in possibly family groups as follows]
Negroes Frank 30 L Peg 30 L Peter 50 L Hannah 60 L….170.00.0
Nancy 55 Lucy 40 Betty 30 Dick 25 Pompy [alt: Pompey] 15…165.00.0
Charlotte 10 Daphne 8 Sally 60 Cupid 60…138.00.0
Lidia [alt: Lydia, Lidy] 25 Balinda [alt: Belinda] 12 Sandy 15 Hager [alt: Hagar] 5…57.00.0

At an appraisement of the remaining part of the Estate of Mr. John Mann Dec’d this 9th day of July 1791

One negro wench named Nancy 45.0.0
One Negro boy named Cesar 17.10.0
One Negro girl named Rachel 8.0.0
One Negro child named George 7.0.0

“Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 for Luke Mann -> Chatham -> Probate Records, McIntosh-Martin, Folder 62-130,” images 775, 779 of 988, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1474430:8635 : accessed 14 May 2024).