Enslaved People Named: Cudjo [alt: Cudjoe], Billy, Nancy, Harriet, Ella, Jacob, Cuffee, unnamed infant
On May 8, 1854, Hettie A. Quarterman sold to Thomas Sumner Winn for a promissory note of $350 “the following negro slaves, with the issue of the females, to wit Cudjo, Billy, Nancy, Harriet, Ella and her children, Jacob Cuffee & infant.” Hettie Quarterman said that the “aforesaid slaves,” which she named again, had been sold and delivered to Thomas Sumner Winn on March 14, 1854, in return for his promissory note. Terms of payment were specified, and Thomas W. Fleming was to receive the payments as Quarterman’s attorney “during my absence from the State.” Witnessed by E.R.N. Winn, W.J. Winn, R.S. Quarterman, Thomas W. Fleming. Probated by Thomas W. Fleming on June 13, 1854. Recorded on June 20, 1854, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk.
A second document, dated the same day, contained the promissory note, and was marked “satisfied in full this the 4th day of April 1860. [Signed] Thomas W. Fleming for Miss. H.A. Quarterman. Entered 11th April 1860 [Signed] 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 O, pp. 18-19. Images #43-44. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSPN-N?i=42&cat=292358)