Enslaved Persons Named: Jean, Moses, Mariah
On May 4, 1850, W. Jones, acting executor of the estate of John Lambert, recorded that he held a mortgage against John W. Stacy for $563.33 dated February 3, 1845, recorded in [Liberty County] clerk’s office Book M, pages 279, 280, 281 on February 4, 1845 “wherein the following property is named viz. Moses Jean & Mariah.” He certified that Stacy had that day paid $292.48 on this mortgage and at Stacy’s request, he had therefore released “the man named Moses from all further liability.” Recorded on May 4, 1850, 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. 228. Image #525 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5C4Q?i=524&cat=292358)