Enslaved People Named: Jack, Murriah
On March 15, 1809, John McGowen, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $450 to Josiah Wilson, Liberty County, “those two negro Slaves named Jack, Muriah [or Mariah or Murriah]” and a tract of land in Liberty County. Witnessed by Jas. Powell. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 20, 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. 110-2. Image #356 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96H-N?i=355&cat=292358)