Enslaved Persons Named: Cinda Jack, Will, Sam, Samson [alt: Sampson], Toney, Scipio, John, Nancy Jack, Eve and Sammy
On February 1, 1845, William Law of Savannah, Chatham County, used as collateral to secure a promissory note of $3950 for Joseph Law and Benjamin B. King of Liberty County to the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, E. Stacy, W.Q. Baker, J.B. Mallard & Wm. Jones) “the following negroe slaves to wit, Cinda Jack, Will, Sam, Samson [alt: Sampson], Toney, Scipio, John, Nancy Jack, Eve and Sammy…” He also used “all that tract of land situate lying and being in the county of Liberty and bounded west by lands of Joseph Jones north by lands of John Ashmore, east by lands of G.B. Dean and south by marsh lands and South Newport river, containing about eight hundred acres more or less, called Bull Town [alt: Bulltown] tract and being the plantation on which Joseph Law now resides, together with all and singular the edifices buildings rights members hereditaments and appurtenances to the same…” Witnessed by Wm. Fabian Law, Not. Pub., and Wm. J. Way. Recorded on May 22, 1845, by J.S. Bradwell, Clk.
[NOTE: Punctuation in the list of enslaved people was rendered as seen. It is possible that “Cinda Jack” and “Nancy Jack” were used to distinguish the two men named Jack, and that Cinda and Nancy were their mothers. However, variable and missing punctuation is common in these lists so it is not clear.]