Enslaved Persons Named: Sam, Lyzzy [alt: Lizzy], Dinah, Phoebe, Ceily [Celie], John, Sam, Gilbert, Jim, Hetty, Tom, Cook
On October 18, 1847, Anna Mariah Bacon, Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with James B. Mell, naming George W. Walthour as trustee. Anna Mariah Bacon, “now lawfully seized and possessed of the following personal estate consisting of such negro slaves as are herein specified viz Sam, Lyzzy [alt: Lizzy], Dinah, Phoebe, Ceily [Celie], John, Sam, Gilbert, Jim, Hetty, Tom, Cook, twelve in number,” put her current and any future estate inherited from her “deceased husband” into the trust. Witnessed by Josiah S. Law, G.W. Dunham, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on January 17, 1848, by J.S. Bradwell, 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. M-N 1842-1854,” Record Book N, pp. 26-8. Image #424-5 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5356?i=423&cat=292358)