Enslaved Persons Named: Lizzy, Charlie, Lucy, Anna, Andrew, Harriet, Jane, Gabriel, Herbert
On January 22, 1848, Roswell King, Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Mary Eliza King (“spinster”) via Charles E. Maxwell and James Audley Maxwell King, “the following named negro slaves viz. Lizzy aged 37, Charlie aged 10, Lucy aged 7 years, Anna aged 5 years, Andrew aged 1 year, Harriet aged 35, Jane aged 13 years, Gabriel aged 9 years and Herbert aged ¼ year.” King specified that they were for “the sole and separate use of my daughter Mary Eliza King Spinster for and during her natural life, and from and after her death for her lawful issue should there be any, if not, to revert to the legal heirs of said Roswell King to be equally divided among them…” Witnessed by J.N. Jones, W.E.W. Quarterman, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on February 2, 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. 36-37. Image #429 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-536R?i=428&cat=292358)