Enslaved People Named: Titus, Jemmy, Bristor [alt: Brister], Abby, Elsy, January, Jack, Jim, Sandy, Bellar [alt: Bella], Phoebe, Jane
On May 14, 1805, Margaret Hoyt, widow of Liberty County, gifted to her son Thomas Goulding and her daughter Maria Goulding, via their trustee John Stacy, “the following Negro Slaves by name, to wit, Titus, Jemmy, Bristor [alt: Brister], Abby, Elsy, January, Jack, Jim, Sandy, Bellar [alt: Bella], Phoebe and Jane…” Thomas Goulding was to take full possession of Jemmy, Brister, Abby, Elsy and January when he became 21, and Maria was to take possession of Jack, Jim, Sandy, Bellar, Phebe and Jane when she became 21. In the meantime, the income from their labor was to be used for their maintenance and support while they were minors. Witnessed by Cyrus Guildersleeves [alt: Gildersleeves], Oliver Stevens. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 1, 1805.
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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book F (1804-1809), p. 76. Image #204 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98N-J?i=203)