Enslaved People Named: Rachel (free), Bob, Judy
On an unstated day in July, 1816, James Hamilton, of St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, sold to John Elliott, Liberty County, for $140 Lot #11 in the town of Gravesend [alt: Graves End], contiguous to the town of Riceboro, in trust for “Rachel, a free woman of colour, and known as Rachel Goulding, and Bob her husband, a servant man slave, a carpenter.” The trust was to continue for their joint lives, and was to be inherited by any children she might have, with Bob or otherwise. If she were to die without children, after the deaths of both her and Bob, the trust would be for the use of Judy, Rachel’s sister, “also a person of colour, and known as Judy Goulding,” during her natural life and at her death to her children. Witnessed by John B. Harris. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 5, 1816.
Lot #11 was said to be a front lot, bounded east on the public road running from north to south through the towns of Gravesend and Riceborough, 50 feet across at the front and 75 feet deep. To the west it was bounded on the back by the adjoining Lot #20.
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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H (1816-1822), p. 44-5. Image #43 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYP-D?i=42&cat=292358)