Enslaved Persons Named: Prince [or Prime], Miley, Charles, Miley, Amy, March, Minna [or Mima], ?regon, Phillis, Mariah, Peter, Hanah [alt: Hannah], Rose, Phillis, John, Daphne, James (mason)
On February 24, 1847, George T. Maxwell, on behalf of his wife H.A. Maxwell, acknowledged receipt from Mrs. E.S.L. Jones, executrix of his wife’s father Joseph Jones’ estate, “the following amount in money bank stock and lands together with seventeen negro slaves, to wit Prince [or Prime] Miley Charles Miley Amy March Minna [or Mina or Mima] ?regon Phillis Mariah, Peter Hanah [alt: Hannah] Rose, Phillis John Daphne and James (mason) amounting according to appraisement to the sum of eight thousand and thirty seven dollars and fifty six cents, also one eighth part of a plantation known as Laurel View consisting of twenty five hundred and fifty one acres, now in my possession…” Recorded on May 25, 1849, J.S. Bradwell, Clerk.
[NOTE: This abstract designed only to document the names of the enslaved people. If you are interested in the details of the Jones family/estate, please read the original document at the link below.]
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. 162. Image #492 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5H69?i=491&cat=292358