Enslaved People Named: Patty, Venus, Franklin
On April 8, 1820, Eugene Bacon, Liberty County, used as collateral on promissory notes totalling $352.18, to Uriah Wilcox, same place, “the three following slaves, viz. A female slave named Patty & her two youngest children, named Venus & Franklin, with the increase of the females.” Witnessed by William W. Baker. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 17, 1820.
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. 317-8. Image #191-2 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SST7-1?i=190&cat=292358)