Deed of Gift (Wilkins/Iverson)

On December 4, 1826, Paul H. Wilkins Sr., Liberty County, created a trust for his daughter Eliza Ann Iverson, her husband William Iverson and their children, with his son Paul H. Wilkins, Chatham County, and his friend Alfred Iverson, Jones County, as trustees. In the trust he put a 1473-acre tract of land on the South fork of Bulltown Swamp in Liberty County, known as his Bulltown Tract, which had been conveyed by the Commissioners of Confiscated Estates to James Moore by a deed bearing the date July 22, 1790, after deducting about 100 acres claimed and owned by Lewis LeConte, “together with the following negro slaves, viz. Moses, a fellow about 32 years old; Nelly, a woman about 25; Tempe, a girl about 3; Jack, a boy about 1; Sandy a boy about 1 (or 5); Prince, a boy about 18; Violet, a girl about 16; Riner [alt: Rina or Rhina], a girl about 12; & James, a boy about 6 months old; also one bay horse, and Dearborn waggon.” He specified that this property would remain in the management and control of William and Eliza Ann Iverson during their natural lives; however, it and “the natural increase” were to be for their children (not named), after deducting a reasonable amount for the maintenance of William and Eliza Ann Iverson. Witnessed by M.L. Jones, Jos. [Joseph] Law Jr. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 30, 1827.