Enslaved People Named: Will
On July 22, 1811, Euphemia McIver, femme sole* of Liberty County, sold to James Smith, guardian of Alexander Martin McIver (minor), for $300 “one negro slave named Will.” [NOTE: Will was referred to later in the deed as a “man” slave.] Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 17, 1812.
*”Femme sole” is literally “a woman alone,” i.e., a woman who, for various possible reasons, was able to make legal contracts on her own.
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 G (1809-1816), p. 185. Image #397 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98G-9?i=396&cat=292358)