Enslaved People Named: Mingo, Robinson, Jacob, Saul, Jack, Pensacola, Joe, Judy, Lucy, Hector, Black Beck, Yellow Beck, Harriet, Sue, Will, Ned, Jim, Sam, Size, Clarissa, Venus
On March 1, 1804, James Robarts, merchant of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with Eliza G. Walker, widow of Charles Walker, via her trustees, Joseph Jones and William Robarts, also of Liberty County. Put into trust for Eliza were “the following negro slaves vizt Mingo, Robinson, Jacob, Saul, Jack, Pensacola, Joe, Judy, Lucy, Hector, Black Beck, Yellow Beck, Harriet, Sue, Will, Ned, Jim, Sam, Size, Clarissa and Venus,” as well as a 500-acre tract of land on the Satilla River in Camden County known as Incochee Bluff and a 300-acre tract of land in Liberty County adjoining the Newport parsonage house. It appeared that these were her property prior to the marriage and were to continue as such. Witnessed by D. Stewart. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 1, 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. 21. Image #174 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DR-B?i=173)