Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Sandy, Sue, Billey, Nanny, Betty
On June 13, 1834, John Stevens, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Ralph and William King of Savannah, Chatham County, who did business under the name R & W King, “the following named negro slaves to wit: Tom, Sandy, Sue, Billey [alt: Billy], Nanny and Betty, and the future increase of the females…” He also mortgaged his plantation named Palmira [alt: Palmyra], formerly the property of Major John Stevens, now deceased, containing 2000 acres and bounded north by land owned by the estates of William Ward and Charles O. Scriven [alt: Screven], east by Dickerson Creek, land belonging to William McWhir and land belonging to the estate of Myers “and unknown lands,” south by the North Newport river, and west by the same river and by “lands of Sommersall.” The deed noted that this tract of land was subject, by the will of the deceased John Stevens, to partial occupation by John Stevens’ widow.
Beneath the deed was a note signed by Ralph and W. King consigning their rights in this mortgage to the Bank of the State of Georgia.
Deed recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 16, 1834.
[NOTE: This deed was marked “Cancelled in full 27th March 1840 A. Porter Cashier” and satisfaction was recorded on December 7, 1840.]
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, pp. 167-8. Image #124 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9V2-2?i=123&cat=292358