Enslaved People Named: Big Tom, Little Tom, Jack, Cate, Jubinah, Murriah, Tenea, Penny, Charlotte, Frank, Swallow, Nellow, Peter, Ned
On February 23, 1797, William Ransom Davis, planter of Clarendon County, Camden Distrist, South Carolina, sold to Mrs. Lydia McGowen, wife of William McGowen, planter of the same place, for 650 pounds “the following named Negroes viz. Big Tom, Little Tom & Jack three fellows, Cate, Jubinah, Murriah, Tenea, wenches, Penny & Charlotte two small girls, Frank a small boy, Swallow, Nellow Peter and Ned children…” Alexander Colelough probated the deed in Clarendon County, South Carolina, on July 2, 1799. Recorded in the Clarendon County’s Clerk’s office in Book D, page 215, on July 10, 1797. The above recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 17, 1808.
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. 196. Image #264 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DY-2?i=263)