Enslaved People Named: Old Bob, Scipio, Chloe, Prime, March, Rose
On September 6, 1820, Benjamin Mell, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $2000 to Nathaniel Law, Liberty County “the following negro slaves; viz. Old Bob, Scipio, Chloe, Prime, March and Rose.” Witnessed by Joseph Law, Jr. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on September 18, 1820.
Nathaniel Law appended a sentence to the deed stating that it would become void as soon as Benjamin Mell Senior paid the $2000 in full to the Bank of Darien, for which he (Law) was the endorser. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on September 21, 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. 354-5. Image #210 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRY-X?i=209&cat=292358)