Enslaved Persons Named: Will (Yellow), Nancy, Lucky, Chevel, Jenny, Betty, Hannah, Doll, Aberdeen, Saul, Billy, Molly, Sunbury, Sukey, Dorcas, Pinder, Sampson, Flora, Phebe, Sampson (Little), Sophia, Dick (Long), George (Big), Abel, Cubbedge, Maria, George (French), Diana, Jinny, Abraham
On February 16, 1825, James Holmes, planter of Liberty County, mortgaged to Major Samuel S. Law, same county, for $12000 “the following thirty negro slaves; to wit, Yellow Will, Nancy, Lucky, Chevel & Jenny; Betty, Hannah, Doll, & Aberdeen; Saul, Billy & Molly; Sunbury, Sukey, Dorcas & Pinder [alt: Pender, Penda]; Sampson, Flora, Phebe & Little Sampson; Sophia & Long Dick, Big George, Abel, Cubbedge, Maria, French George & Diana; Jinny [alt: Jenny] & Abraham,” as well as “all that plantation or tract of land known by the name of Bonaventure…on the River Medway; adjoining lands of John Elliott Esqr on the South East, landsd of John Kell Esqr on the West, & by the public landing on the East, containing, by a late survey of Mr. Hendry’s, the County Surveyor, 1120 acres.” [NOTE: The above enslaved people appear to be listed in families. Also, the clerk had written in numbers above their names to account for 30 names; “French George” appears to be one person’s name.]
Holmes mortgaged this property to Law to secure Law against loss because Law had co-signed a note for him to the Bank of Darien. Witnessed by F.R. Witwell. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 9, 1825.
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. 139-40. Image #371-2 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBR-5?i=371&cat=292358)