Enslaved Persons Named: Luke
“Georgia, Chatham County } For and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dolls to me in hand paid by Wm. B. Gaulden I have this day granted bargained and sold unto the said Gaulden his heirs and assigns a certain negro boy named Luke aged about five years. To have and to hold said slave unto him the said Gaulden his heirs and assigns forever signed sealed & delivered this 10th day of June 1857.” [Signed by] W.H. Shuman. Witnessed by W.A. Burgess, John C. Gu???? Notary Public, Richmond County, Ga. Recorded on March 20, 1863, by S.A. Fraser, 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. 247 (image #495). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSRV-X?i=494&cat=2923580)