Enslaved Persons Named: Bob
On September 14, 1826, Thomas S. Mell, Liberty County, sold to John D. Hathaway, same place, for $130 “the following property, to wit, a negro boy named Bob, about nine years of age, son of a negro woman called Bella.” Witnessed by J.E. Maxwell, J.D. Hathaway. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 8, 1827.
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. 214. Image #409 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSY1-5?i=408&cat=292358)