Enslaved Persons Named: Peggy, Jacob, Joe, Abram, Stephen, Dianna, January, Phoebe, Hellington
On January 30, 1849, Julia Ann Bacon, through her trustee Edward Way, sold for $700 to Gideon McGowen, Liberty County, “one certain negro woman named Peggy and her child Jacob.” The deed referred to a marriage settlement dated October 8, 1829, between Henry W. Bacon and Julia Ann James, his intended wife, and her trustees John James and Peter Malette, in which it was agreed that Julia would retain the property she brought into the marriage, but that said property could be sold with her consent as long as the proceeds were used for her support. It was further agreed that, based on a deed of gift, between Henry W. Bacon and Julia C. Bacon, with Edward Way as the trustee, that Way would hold for her “the following negroes to wit, Joe, Abram, ? Hellington ? [alt: Hillington], Stephen, Dianna, Peggy, January and Phoebe” along with any “increase of the females.” Witnessed by David Allen, J.S. Bradwell, C.S.C.L.C. Recorded on February 26, 1849, 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. 116. Image #469 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5HHF?i=468&cat=292358)