Enslaved People Named: May, Hagar, Lily, Satira, Little May, Henry, Charles
On May 23, 1818, Louisa E. Cuthbert addressed a request to whomever might be the legal representative of the late John Stacy to make titles to John Stevens, Liberty County, “for the following negroes, viz: May, Hagar, Lily, Satira, Little May, Henry and Charles.” She stated that John Stacy had been named as trustee in her marriage settlement, and that she had requested him to prepare the titles, but he had been prevented from doing so by death. J.A. Cuthbert concurred in her request.
John A. Cuthbert, saying that he was Louisa E. Cuthbert’s husband, and noting that she was the former Louisa E. Croft, added to the deed that on July 7, 1814, he had executed a marriage settlement transferring to John Stacy all the property owned by Louisa at the marriage, inherited from her deceased father John Croft. The settlement, he stated, had authorized Louisa to request her trustee to sell any of the trust property, and on May 23, 1818, she had requested John Stacy to make titles to John Stevens for the aforementioned enslaved people.
Accordingly, on March 6, 1819, Sarah Stacy, William Fleming and Joseph Norman, administrators of John Stacy’s estate, sold for $3000 (paid to Louisa Cuthbert) to John Stevens, the named enslaved people. Witnessed by John S. Quarterman, Wm. [William] Norman, Susan Quarterman. William Norman probated this deed on June 29, 1820.
Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on July 8, 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. 338-40. Image #202-3 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSTS-V?i=201&cat=292358)