Enslaved People Named: Melia, Peggy, Mariah, Simon
On September 15, 1796, Elizabeth Munro, widow of Liberty County, gifted to her daughter Semor Smith, same place, “one negro wench, named Melia and her three children /named/ Peggy, Mariah, & Simon.” At Semor’s death, they were to become the property “of her child, now living, and named, Elizabeth West Smith,” also referred to as “my granddaughter.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on October 14, 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 (1795-1798), p. 65-66. Image #203-4 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5TGT?i=202)