Enslaved Persons Named: Stephen, Jemmy [or Jenny]
On June 21, 1849, Drucilla Sheffield, of the town of Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, released her uncle Charlton Hines, Liberty County, Georgia, from his responsibility for her legacy from her father David Hines, deceased, from whom she had inherited her ⅙ part of a legacy comprised of “Stephen & Jemmy, /slaves/,” which had been left by her late aunt Sarah Stewart, of Georgia, to her father David Hines, late of Sabine County, Texas. These slaves were left in trust by her aunt with her uncle Charlton Hines for her father David Hines during his lifetime and to be divided equally among his six heirs after his death. [NOTE: Another heir, James A. Hines, mentioned this legacy in a document, and the name that clearly appears to be Jemmy in this document looked more like Jenny there. See https://theyhadnames.net/2019/08/03/estate-settlement-stewart-hines/.)
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. 186. Image #504 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5HG3?i=503&cat=292358)