Enslaved Persons Named: Tener, Amey, Hester, Fanny, Will, Choley [alt: Chloe], Guy, Jack, Toney
On October 26, 1789, Hepworth Carter appeared before an Assistant Justice of Liberty County to swear that on September 29, 1783, he had gifted to Mrs. Rebecca McLean, wife of John McLean, “the following Negroes, namely Tener, Amey, Hester, Fanny, Will, Choley [alt: Chloe], Guy, Jack and Toney.” He said that he had intended that this gift last for the natural life of Mrs. McLean only, but that this intention had not been expressly executed in that deed and that he had “held said Negroes as his actual property and yearly and every year duly returned and paid taxes for said Negroes since the commencement of said purchase.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 9, 1789. [NOTE: In another deed, Hester’s name was given as Esther.]
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. A-B 1777-1793,” Record Book B, 1787-1793, p. 226. Image #385 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGNQ?i=384&cat=292358)