Enslaved People Named: Sambo, Nancy, Penda, Clarissa, Boson, Nancy, Dick, Nicholas, Clem, Tamar
On May 1, 1815, William Ward, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1200 to Charles W. Rogers, physician of the town of Sunbury, Georgia, “the following negro slaves, named Sambo, & Nancy [or could be Nanny] his wife, Pinda [alt: Penda, Pender] and Clarissa their children, Boson & Nancy [or Naney] his wife, Dick her child, Nicholas and his two children, Clem and Tamar…”
[NOTE: Later in the deed, the names of the enslaved people were repeated: “Sambo & Nancy his wife, Penda & Clarissa his children, Boson & Nancy his wife, Dick her child, Nicholas and his two children, Clem & Tamar.” Note the change in the second reference between “Pinda and Clarissa their children” to “Penda & Clarissa his children”.]
Witnessed by John B. Maxwell. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 7 1815. Satisfaction said to have been received as of February 2, 1816 and recorded on April 13, 1816.
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. 350. Image #480 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J9DM-8?i=479)