Enslaved Persons Named: Hetty, Rakey, Washington, Phillis, Venus, Sylvia
On March 14, 1831, Samuel Spencer, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note for $669.03 to Uriah Wilcox, trader of Liberty County, “a female slave named Hetty, & her two children named Rakey & Washington; likewise another female slave named Phillis [alt: Phyllis], & her two children named Venus & Sylvia together with the future issue and increase of the females.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 25, 1831.
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. 447. Image #531 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTX-D?i=530&cat=292358)