Enslaved Persons Named: Andrew, Elick, Isaac, Sarah, Nancy, Thomas
On April 25, 1849, Dr. Benjamin B. King, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1500 to William J. Way and William King “merchants and copartners doing business in the City of Savannah County of Chatham and State of Georgia…under the firm of Way & King” “the following named negro slaves to wit Andrew, Elick [alt: Ellick], Isaac, Sarah and her children Nancy & Thomas.” King specified that this mortgage was not only to cover his current indebtedness to Way & King but also future debts he might incur from them.” Witnessed by Charles S. Henry, John E. Ward Not. Pub. Recorded on April 16, 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. 142. Image #482 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5WJL?i=481&cat=292358)