Enslaved Persons Named: Leah, Prime, Jacob
On February 1, 1840, the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, John Dunwody, Wm. Q. Baker, Ezra Stacy and William Jones) sold to Thomas W. Fleming, also of Liberty County, for $1136 “the following named Slaves, with the issue of the females to wit: Leah, Prime, and Jacob.” The executors cited the right to sell Lambert’s estate given them by an Act of the Georgia Assembly. Witnessed by B.A. Busby, S. Spencer, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on April 11, 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. 200. Image #428 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KK-C?i=427&cat=292358)