Enslaved Persons Named: Peter Gilbert
On November 30, 1788, Peter Augustus Bishop, merchant of Sunbury, “in consideration of the Good will and Regard which I have and do bear towards a Sambo Boy named Peter Gilbert of the Town of Sunbury and State aforesaid aged Ten years or thereabouts have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Sambo Boy named Peter Gilbert, a full and free discharge of his own Time during his Natural Life to have hold and be at his own Disposal without Incumbrance Let or Molestation of any Person or Persons whatsoever and I do hereby Declare and Pronounce the said Sambo Boy named Peter Gilbert to be altogether free and at his Liberty and own Disposal. Witnessed by William Harrison, Robert Cole. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 24, 1790.
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. 278. Image #419 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FP69?i=418&cat=292358)