Enslaved Persons Named: B. Daphney, Suckey, George, B. David, Sandy, L. Daphney, April, Selina, Catherine, Mary, Jim
On September 16, 1833, John W.G. Simrall and Mary D. Simrall, his wife, of Shelby County in Kentucky, sold to Henry R. Russell of Liberty County for $3?94 “eleven slaves named B. Daphney, Suckey [alt: Sukey], George, B. David, Sandy, L. Daphney, April, Selina, Catherine, Mary and Jim, being certain slaves devised to the said Mary D. Simrall, under the will of her grandfather the late James Nephew of the County of McIntosh…” Signed for the Simralls by Charles West, their attorney. Witnessed by Wm. [William] Q. Baker, J.I.C.L.C., J.S. Fleming. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 21, 1834. [NOTE: “B.” and “L.” are presumed to stand for “Big” and “Little”.]
Attached to this deed was a power of attorney signed in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on January 14, 1833, by John W.G. Simrall and Mary D. Simrall, naming Doctor Charles West of Liberty County, Georgia.
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. 119-20. Image #100 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9LH-V?i=99&cat=292358)