Forced Sale (McConnell/Axson)

On June 6, 1848, Edward Way, deputy sheriff of Liberty County, acknowledged receipt of $400 in payment for “a certain negro named Susan” from Mrs. Ann Axson. According to the document, after G.W. Walthour obtained a decree from the Liberty County inferior court on foreclosure of a mortgage against William P. McConnell, execution of the decree was put into the hands of Edward Way, Deputy Sheriff, who “did seize in execution and levy upon a certain negro named Susan levied on as the property of William P. McConnell to satisfy the above named execution.” Edward Way then put up a legal notice of sale at the courthouse in Hinesville on June 6, 1848, “when said negro was knocked off to Mrs. Ann Axson for the sum of four hundred dollars which was the highest and best bid that was made for said negro.” Witnessed by C. Hines, J.I.C. Recorded in June 8, 1848, by J.S. Bradwell, Clerk.