Enslaved Persons Named: Kate, Cato, Ceaser [alt: Caesar], Moses, Henry
On February 1, 1840, the executors of John Lambert’s estate — Thomas Mallard, John Dunwody, William Q. Baker, Ezra Stacy and William Jones — sold to Antony [Anthony] Porter for $2125 “the following named Slaves with the issue of the females to wit: Kate, Cato, Ceaser [alt: Caesar], Moses, Henry…” The executors cited an act of the Georgia general assembly dated December 28, 1838, allowing them to sell the whole of John Lambert’s estate and invest the proceeds in stocks or other property. Witnessed by Wm. [William] S. Baker, S. Spencer, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on March 12, 1840, by E. Way, 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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 167. Image #412 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T92Q-J?i=411&cat=292358)