Exchange (Russell/Russell)

On January 1, 1831, Charlton Hines and William J. Way, trustees of Susan S Russell and her children, agreed with her husband Edward W. Russell, that there should be an “exchange of negro slaves.” “A negro man slave named Sam, the property of the said Edward W. Russell” was to put be into the trust overseen by Hines and Way in exchange for “Sophia, the property of the said Susan and her children,” who would become the property of Edward W. Russell. Sophia was said to be about twenty six year old. Witnessed by Henry R. Russell. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 20, 1831.