Enslaved Persons Named: Phillis, Scipio, Nanny, Dick, Rose
On August 20, 1859, E. Lawrence Winn, acting as the attorney for the late Washington Winn and on behalf of himself and his sisters Ann Eliza and Julia Virginia Winn, the sole heirs of Washington Winn, committed to pay a promissory note of $609 made by Washington Winn to Robert Habersham and son on June 27, 1855. E. Lawrence Winn used as collateral on the note “the following negro slaves Phillis Scipio Nanny Dick and Rose together with the future issue of the female slaves.” He identified the payees as Robert Habersham, William ?Neyle? Habersham and Alexander T. Habersham doing business under the name Habersham and Sons. Witnessed by Thos. E. Lloyd, Notary Public Chatham County. Recorded on October 10, 1859, 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 O, p 546. Image #323. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSRF-M?i=322&cat=292358)