Enslaved People Named: Jacob, Jim, Billy, Phillis
On February 5, 1810, William Ward and Elizabeth Dryer entered into a marriage contract, with John Elliott and James E. Morris as her trustees. By the terms of the settlement, any property belonging to Dryer, whether coming into the marriage with it or obtaining it afterward, was to be put into trust for her. Included in this trust were “the negroes” Jacob, Jim, Billy and Phillis. Witnessed by Charles O. Screvin, Richard B. Law. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 15, 1810.
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. 103-4. Image #352-3 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9ZR-9?i=351&cat=292358)