Enslaved Persons Named: Venus, Diana, Annetta
On December 3, 1829, William Ward, Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Louisa Vanyeverin Ward, via her trustees, Henry Stevens and Joseph Austin, both of Liberty County, “the following negro slaves; namely, Venus, Diana, Annetta, and her infant child named [left blank], together with the future issue of the said female slaves.” Witnessed by . Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 6, 1830.
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. 372. Image #494 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTT-S?i=493&cat=292358)