Enslaved People Named: Raymond, Sandy, Billy, Joe, Nelly, Peggy, Rose (Miley’s), Rose (Nelly’s), Nancy, Old Daphne, Young Daphne, Summer, Frank, Prince, Isaac, Miley, Binah, Maria, Peggy, Elsey, Harry
On January 20, 1814, Mary Ann Osgood, spinster of Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with William Fraser, planter of Liberty County, with John Osgood, William Fleming and John Edward Fraser as her trustees. Put into trust for Mary Ann Osgood was land and enslaved people she was bringing into the marriage and any she should obtain afterwards. The contract specified that if she were to have no heirs, the property would be for the use of William Fraser during his natural life, and after his death to be divided equally between her uncle William Osgood and the children of her sister Mary Fleming Winn. Witnessed by Andrew F. Fraser, Samuel Stevens.
The property listed was “the following negroes, a Fellow Raymond, a fellow Sandy, fellow Billy, Fellow Joe, wench Nelly, wench Peggy, wench Miley’s Rose, wench Nelly’s Rose, wench Nancy, wench Old Daphne, wench Young Daphne, boy Summer, boy Frank, boy Prince, boy Isaac, girl Miley, girl Binah, girl Maria, girl Peggy, girl Elsey, boy Harry.” Also a 268-acre tract of land bounded north by Peter Winn, east and south by William Fleming, west by Peter Farley Winn and the estate of Benjamin B. Winn.
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. 289-90. Image #449 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98S-B?i=448)