Enslaved Persons Named: Tom, Bess, Affy, Jacob, Nancy
On May 30, 1822, Mary Ann Girardeau and Benjamin Fuller entered into a marriage contract, with Major Andrew Maybank as her trustee, all of them in Liberty County. As part of the contract, the following were put into trust for Mary Ann Girardeau: “personal property, namely, to one negro man slave, named Tom, one negro woman slave named Bess, one other negro woman slave named Affy, one small negro boy slave named Jacob, and one other negro woman slave named Nancy…” Witnessed by John Girardeau, and William P. Girardeau, who probated it on May 17, 1823. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 29, 1823.
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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book I, 1822-1831, pp. 40-1. Image #322 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRC-5?i=321&cat=292358)