Enslaved Persons Named: Murriah, May [or Mary], Frank, Jack, Patty, Cassander, Peter, Andrew, Stephen, Lucy
On June 20, 1826, William Robarts, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $2000 to James A. Maxwell, City of Savannah, “the following negro slaves, to wit, Murriah, May [or Mary], Frank, Jack, Patty, Cassander, Peter, Andrew, Stephen and Lucy…” The promissory note was actually written to the Planters Bank of the State of Georgia; Maxwell had co-signed on the note, and the enslaved people were put up as collateral to protect him from loss. WItnessed by Wm. [William] King in Savannah. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 21, 1826.
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. 190-1. Image #397 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBX-G?cat=292358)