Enslaved Persons Named: Moses
Isaiah Beasley of Liberty County used as collateral on a debt of $50 to S.A. Fraser, also of Liberty County, “a negro boy named Moses about the age of eleven years and of black complexion.” Beasley warranted that “the said Negro Moses is a slave born that he is in sound health both in body & mind…” Witnessed on April 4, 1861, by W.P. Girardeau, Not. Pub., and Jesse Brewer. Recorded on May 27, 1861 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk.
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. 188 (image #466). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSR6-V?i=465&cat=2923580)