Enslaved People Named: Dinah, Phillis, Abram, Isaac, Doll, Jacob, Delia, Sally, Jack
On November 24, 1818, Daniel Stewart, planter of Liberty County, relinquished his rights to “the following negroes, viz. Dinah & her children, named Phillis, Abram, Isaac, Doll, Jacob, Delia, Sally and Jack, & their issue, which are now in the possession of Mrs. Susannah Lewis, living on Goshen, and which said negroes are to remain with her the said Susannah Lewis during her natural life, for her support.” Stewart further specified that after Susannah’s death, he relinquished his right to these enslaved persons to her grandson William Lewis “for the benefit and support of himself & other heirs of Joseph Lewis, the son of Isaac Lewis.” Witnessed by James E. Hines, Samuel Lewis. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 26, 1818.
In a separate deed dated November 24, 1818, William Lewis, “late of the Parish of East Baton Rouge,” Lousiana, stated that he had been authorized by the heirs of Jacob Lewis, Joseph Lewis and Isaac Lewis, deceased, to release General Daniel Stewart from all claims that these heirs might have against him concerning the estates of the deceased. William Lewis, as attorney in fact for Thomas Waugh, Mary Waugh and Samuel Lewis, of the East Baton Rouge Parish, released Stewart from any claims that might have against him with regard to said property. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 26, 1818.
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. 200. Image #130 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTK-9?i=129&cat=292358)