Enslaved People Named: Nanny
On July 4, 1815, Liberty County Sheriff James Lambright sold to Charlton Hines, on behalf of the estate of William Way Senior, for $330 a “woman slave named Nanny.” Lambright had seized Nanny from Thomas Mell, deceased of Liberty County, based on a writ of fieri facias issued after a successful lawsuit by John Grieves against Thomas Mell in Liberty County Superior Court. Lambright put Nanny up for public auction on July 4 1815 at the Liberty County Courthouse, and Hines was the highest bidder. Witnessed by Samuel Lewis. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 15, 1815.
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. 371. Image #491 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96Z-P?i=490)