Enslaved Persons Named: Bell, Sam, Henry, Mary, March, Prince, Peter
On May 18, 1837, William Hughes, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $286.41 to Uriah Wilcox, trader of Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Bell & her six children named Sam, Henry, Mary, March, Prince & Peter, together with the future issue & increase of the females…” Witnessed by George W. Dunham. Probated by Dunham on May 22, 1837. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 28, 1837. [NOTE: Marked as satisfied in full as of March 16, 1841, per Oliver Stevens, administrator of Uriah Wilcox.]
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. 405-6. Image #255 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T92M-V?i=254&cat=292358)