Enslaved People Named: Murria, Pulaskie
On March 31, 1804, John Jones, planter of Liberty County, gifted to his daughter Elizabeth Jones, via her trustees Daniel Stewart and Joseph Jones, also planters of Liberty County, “two negro slaves named Murria aged about ten years and boy Pulaskie aged about five years.” The trustees were to hold them for the sole use and benefit of Elizabeth Jones until she became 18 years old or married, whichever happened first. If she were to die before that time, they would become the property of John Jones the younger, her brother. If both were to die before 18 or marriage, they were to revert to the estate of John Jones the elder. Witnessed by A. Forrester. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 31, 1804.
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. 20. Image #174 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DR-B?i=173)