Enslaved People Named: Primus, Bella, Nat, Nancy, Dembo
On October 4, 1851, Charles E. Maxwell, Laura E. Maxwell and W. Maxwell, 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, all that tract of land known as the Lambert plantation consisting of several tracts adjoining and containing in all about nine hundred acres more or less in the county and state aforesaid, bounded on the north by lands owned at present by Edmund B. Way and James W. Winn, on the east by land of Jas. W. Winn and Est. Thomas Baker, south by land of Dr. S. Way and on the west by the Est of Quarterman Way, Est. Thos. Baker and Wm. B. Fleming and Edmund B. Way together with a tract of pine land in the Shave settlement containing one hundred acres more or less and bounded at the time of survey by William L. Patrick on the east and all other sides by vacant land and also the following named slaves with the issue of the females to wit “Primus about 52 years of age Bella about 49 years of age, Nat about 22 years of age, Nancy about 15 years of age and Dembo about 13 years of age…” Witnessed by R. King, J.A.M. King. Recorded on November 14, 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. 403. Image #623 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5435?i=622&cat=292358)