Enslaved Persons Named: Isaac, Luke, Sarah, Bob, Jack, Toney, Summer, Anthony, Ned, Sylvia
On October 22, 1823, James Shannon and Evelina Dunham, both of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract, with Col. Joseph Law and Major Samuel S. Law as her trustees. Given that Evelina Dunham was entitled under the last will & testament of her Aunt Martha Carter, late of Liberty County, to the undivided half “of the following negro slaves namely, Isaac, Luke, Sarah, Bob, Jack, Toney, Summer, Anthony, Ned & Sylvia, and also the undivided half of a 300-acre tract of land in Liberty County, lying near the Newport river & about one mile & a half from Riceborough. Witnessed by Will. C. Way, Ann E. Mara. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 1, 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. 52. Image #329 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRW-5?i=327&cat=292358)