Enslaved People Named: Sary, Celia, Bess, Simon, Elsy
On June 28, 1814, Thomas McL. Stone, Liberty County, entered into a marriage contract with Susanna S. Jourdine, daughter of Leonard Jourdine, deceased, with John McGowen and Joseph Jones. Put into trust for her was “the following property (to wit) March, Sary & child Celia, Bess and two children, Simon & Elsy, making six slaves.” Witnessed by William Maxwell, Samuel Lines. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 4, 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. 314-5. Image #462 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9Z1-S?i=461)