Enslaved People Named: Hannah
On July 7, [year omitted], Liberty County Sheriff Samuel Lewis sold at auction to Charlton Hines for $105 “a certain negro girl, the property of the said James C. Bowler, named Hannah.” Hannah had been seized from Bowler by Liberty County Constable Joseph McGowen based on a writ of fieri facias obtained after lawsuits by Morgan Mara and others against Bowler in the Liberty County Justices’ Court. McGowen delivered Hannah to Sheriff Lewis, who put her up for public auction at the courthouse in Riceborough on July 7, 1814. Hines was the highest bidder. Witnessed by Jesse Hines, James Sandiford.
On an unspecified date, Charlton Hines signed a document turning Hannah over to Samuel Lewis and relinquishing his rights to her. Witnessed by Jesse Hines, James Sandiford. [Although the date was not specified, given that the witnesses are the same as in the above deed of sale, it was likely July 7.]
On April 9, 1813, Samuel Lewis signed a document turning Hannah over to Mrs. Eliza Bowler. Witnessed by John Stewart. Samuel Lewis also stated that he had received $111 from Mrs. Eliza Bowler “which is in full of all demands to this date.”
Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 28, 1814.
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. 307. Image #458 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98N-X?i=457)