Enslaved Persons Named: Betty, Diana
On April 19, 1832, William Hughes, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $400 to Edward Pynchon “certain negro slaves named Betty & Diana.” Witnessed by William J. Way, J.I.C., and recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 3, 1832. Pynchon acknowledged payment in full of the note on January 12, 1835, and satisfaction of the mortgage was recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 5, 1835.
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 K, 1831-1838, p. 38-9. Image #54 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9LX-L?i=53&cat=292358)