Enslaved People Named: Billy
On January 22, 1796, Christiana Dorothea Schmid, widow and relict of Philip Jacob Schmid, and administrator of his estate, authorized John Molich, who had paid her 43 pounds sterling, to take “said negro” into his possession. Alexander Forrester, who had witnessed this deed, swore that he had seen “Robert Oswald sign seal and deliver the within bill [of] sale of a certain Negro Boy named Billy to Philip J. Schmid.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on February 18, 1796.
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. C-D 1793-1801,” Record Book DD, p. 23. Image #159 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-55RW?i=158&cat=292358)