Enslaved Persons Named: Bristol, Betsey, Clarinda
On June 3, 1828, Liberty County Sheriff Benjamin Mell sold “certain negro slaves, Bristol, Betsey [alt: Betsy] and Clarinda” to James S. Wilkins for $850. Bristol, Betsey, and Clarinda had been seized by Liberty County constable Stafford A. Somersall because of judgments again the estate of Thomas F. Bacon, and turned over to Sheriff Mell who “did at public outcry, at the Court-House in Riceborough in said County, on Tuesday the third of June eighteen hundred and twenty eight, proceed to expose to sale the above named negro slaves; And whereas the above named negro slaves were knocked off to James S. Wilkins for the sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars, which was the highest and best bid that was made for said negro slaves.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 10, 1828.
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. 307. Image #461 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYH-P?i=460&cat=292358)