Enslaved Persons Named: Dick, Mahalah
On January 1, 1824, W.E.W. Quarterman, Liberty County, used as collateral on two promissory notes totalling $275.50 to William Robarts “all those two negro slaves, named Dick & Mahalah.” Witnessed by Rob [Robert] P. Burton and Thos. [Thomas] J. Shepard. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 27, 1824.
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, p. 96-7. Image #350 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRZ-B?cat=292358)