Charles S. McKinne, his wife Ann E. McKinne and Julia Winn, all of Liberty County, petitioned Liberty County Superior Court, in chambers and sitting in equity,
The petitioners stated that Charles S. McKinne was administrator on the estate of Edward L. Winn, late of Liberty County, and that on January 25th, the Judge had granted a decree of Court in Chambers authorizing him as the administrator to sell at public or private sale “two negroes named Fanny and Dianna” belonging to the estate in order to use the proceeds from the sale to pay the estate’s debts and to divide the rest equally among the heirs.
However, according to the petitioners, for unspecified reasons Fanny had not yet been sold, and the petitioners now wanted to keep her and sell instead “a negro man belonging to said Estate named Johnson” for the same purposes. They added that the estate was still in debt, that “said negro Johnson is of no value or profit to them,” and that they all agreed on the sale. They requested the Court to authorize the substitution.
Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 4, 1864.
Source: Superior Court proceedings, Vol. 6, 1855-1864, Liberty County, Georgia, page #485-6; database with images, “Liberty County Superior Court Proceedings, Vols 6-7 1855-1885,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7WC5 : accessed 20 Nov 2022), Family History Library Film 175262 (DGS 008628086), image 273-4 of 702.