Bill of Sale (Handley/Girardeau)

On January 18, 1864, Harriet S. Girardeau, formerly Harriet S. Handley, and Wm. C. Handley agreed with Wm. P. Girardeau, all of Liberty County, to sell to Wm. P. Girardeau for $2000 “the following property, viz a negro woman slave named Margaret with the issue and increase of the said woman excepting a present child named Emma, and a negro woman slave named Affey with the future issue and increase of the said woman slave Affey & also a negro woman slave Diana also Rhina & Hercules & all the interest of the said Wm. C. Handley in the estate of the said Harriet S. Girardeau, together with a third part or interest in a dwelling house situated lying & being in the Village of Walthourville.” This was based on a marriage settlement prior to the recent marriage between Harriet and William, agreeing that certain property was reserved to her during her natural life, and to her son William C. Handley after her death, and thus was hers to sell. The document stated that this did not negate the claim of Harriet S. Girardeau’s other children, George S. Handley and Mary Eliza Law, to an equal proportion of the house. Witnessed by James D. McConnell, Henry ? Law. [NOTE: In the signatures, Wm. Handley’s middle name was giving as Cumming.] Probated by James McConnell before Jno. B. Mallard, J.S.C.L.C. on February 20, 1864. Recorded on ? April 1864 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk.