Enslaved Persons Named: Isaac, Jack, Ned, Sarah, Bob
On August 5, 1834, William C. Way, of Richmond County, Georgia, used as collateral on a promissory note of $4320 “the following property to wit all that claim right title and interest which the said William C has in all that tract or parcel of land, given and bequeathed by the last will and testament of Mrs. Martha Carter to Joseph Law Sn’r and Thomas Mallard as trustees for the use of him the said William C. and one Evelina Dunham and situate in the County of Liberty near Newport River and about a mile and a half below Riceborough and also the following personal property to wit Isaac, Jack, Ned, Sarah, and her child Bob, together with all the increase or children of Sarah, which said personal property was also given and bequeathed unto the said William C. and Evelina [Dunham] by the said will, an according to the provisions thereof assigned, by division to the said William C.” The deed stated that the collateral was pledged in order to indemnify one James Shannon of Clark County, Georgia, because he had endorsed “a certain promissory note made by one Joseph Shannon and payable to the said William C. Endorsed by the said William C. to the said James Shannon and endored by the said James Shannon to Turpin & D. Antigone.” Witnessed by Jackson F. Turpin, and William Shannon, J.I.C. Richmond County. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 24, 1834.
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. 184-5. Image #133 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T921-L?i=132&cat=292358)