Enslaved People Named: Tom, Burley
On March 23, 1819, William Tanner, Liberty County, gifted to his son William James Tanner, “my two negro slaves, viz. Tom, a man, and Burley, a woman, together with the increase of the woman Burley.” Witnessed by Lewis Hines, Jas. [James] E. Hines. Also witnessed by Peter J. Goulding, “J.P.B.C.” [probably Justice of the Peace of Bryan County.] Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 9, 1819.
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. 233. Image #146 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SST8-G?i=145&cat=292358)