Enslaved Persons Named: Sambo, Sary
On April 7, 1840, John Girardeau, Sheriff of Liberty County, executed a sale to William Jones for $900 of “two certain Slaves, named Sambo and Sary…” Girardeau had seized Sambo and Sary from their owner, Washington Winn, after Aaron Champion had foreclosed on a mortgage he held against Winn, and had put them up for sale at the Hinesville Courthouse on April 7, 1840. Jones had been the highest bidder. No witnesses listed. 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. 207. Image #432 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9L3-K?i=431&cat=292358)