Enslaved People Named: Delia, Henry, Rose, Dick, Ben
On June 10, 1850, William J. Coleman, Liberty County, gifted to his wife Sarah C. Coleman and her children, via her trustees John S. Bradley and Enoch Daniel, also of Liberty County, “the following negro slaves, to wit: Delia & Henry.” “Those two negroes have been deeded to my wife and children in place of Rose & Dick & Ben, two children, sold by me of the trust property, by consent, subject however to be used by me with the approbation of said Trustees for the natural benefit of myself & wife, during the continuation of couverture…” Witnessed by Wm. [William] G. Martin, D. Zoucks, J.P.
Attached to the above deed was a letter dated December 1, 1848, from Sarah C. Coleman to [her trustees] E. Daniels and J.S. Bradley requesting them to sell Rose and her two children, Dick and Ben, “as we are not satisfied with her quality.” She said that she wished to replace them with “other negroes” using the sale money.
Also another letter from Sarah C. Coleman to her trustees, dated August 22, 1850, requesting their consent to purchase “two negroe Slaves from William J. Coleman a girl by the name of Delia, about ten years old, and a boy by the name of Henry – aged nine, with the money arising from the sale of those three negroes sold by the Trust property, namely Rose, a woman, and two children Ben & Dick.”
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. 273. Image #548 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-54SD?i=547&cat=292358