Wm. [William] Nathaniel Varnedoe and Josephine Varnedoe, minor children of N.J. Varnedoe represented by S.M. Varnedoe their trustee, petitioned Liberty County Superior Court, in chambers and sitting in equity, for authorization to have their trustee sell named enslaved people and land.
According to the petition, S.M. Varnedoe was appointed trustee for “certain property” belonging to Wm. Nathaniel Varnedoe and Josephine Varnedoe during the spring 1860 term of the Liberty County Superior Court. The “property” consisted of “Plenty aged seventy years, Raymon [alt: Raymond] aged forty five years, Sambo aged eighteen years, Henry aged twenty six years, Margaret aged twenty seven years, and an infant child aged about five months.” Also included was a 350-acre tract of land bounded north by Sandy Run Road, east by lands of the estate of M.L. Jones, south by lands of Dr. Joseph LeConte, and west by land of Leander Varnedoe. S.M. Varnedoe as the trustee believed it most advantageous to the trust by selling the trust property and changing the investment, and requested authorization to do so.
Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 29, 1860.
Source: Superior Court proceedings, Vol. 6, 1855-1864, Liberty County, Georgia, pp 428; database with images, “Liberty County Superior Court Proceedings, Vols 6-7 1855-1885,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7753 : accessed 14 Oct 2022), Family History Library Film 175262 (DGS 008628086), images 245 of 702.