Enslaved Persons Named: Amy, Mary
On July 2, 1842, Wm. [William] B. Gaulden used as collateral on a promissory note to Jacob Sims, both of Liberty County, “two female slaves to wit Amy a woman thirty years old & Mary a girl aged thirteen.” Gaulden had in 1841 used Sims as an endorser on a promissory note of $160 to Nathan Jones, so used this deed to better secure Sims against liability. Witnessed by W.P. Girardeau, Z.L. Boggs, J.P. Recorded on July 18, 1842, 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. 384-5. Image #522-3 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9K3-S?i=521&cat=292358)