Enslaved Persons Named: Tenah (little), Jemmy, Renchie, Jack
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 Samuel Spencer for $1175 “the following named Slaves with the issue of the females, to wit Tenah (little) Jemmy, Renchie and Jack…” The executors cited the right to sell Lambert’s estate given them by an Act of the Georgia Assembly. Witnessed by Wm. B. Fleming, Wm. S. Baker, W.E.W. Quarterman. 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. 203-4. Image #430 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KT-Y?cat=292358)