Enslaved People Named: Lydia
On March 1, 1851, John S. Norman and Lafayette S. Quarterman used as collateral on a promissory note to the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, Ezra Stacy, William Q. Baker, William Jones, and John B. Mallard) “the following property to wit “a woman slave named Lydia about 21 years old together with her future issue and said property free of all other encumbrances…” Witntessed by John W. Stacy, W.E.W. Quarterman, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on April 7, 1851.
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. 344-6. Image #593-4 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5QQF?i=592&cat=292358)