Enslaved People Named: Dinah, Eliza, Stephen, Chloe, William, Cate
Sam. B. Spencer, Thomas County, used “certain negroes, slaves, to wit, Dinah, Eliza, Stephen, Chloe, William, Cate” for collateral on a debt to B.S. Screven, guardian of C W. Screven, Edward Maxwell Screven, and Benjamin Baker Screven, Minors, agreeing on 4 April 1861 to pay them $252.77. Witnessed by Jno. [John] B. Mallard, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on 18 April 1861 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk. [NOTE: Marked on the document was “Satisfied this 28th April 1863. B.S. Screven. Entered this 11th ?Feby? 1864. Jesse Brewer, C.S.C.L.C.”
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book P, p. 172 (image #458). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS5L-F?i=457&cat=2923580)