Enslaved People Named: Grace, Archy, Mary
Slaveowners involved: Simon A. Fraser, Robert Hendry Jr
Date: 1822
On March 6, 1822, Simon A. Fraser used as collateral on a promissory note of $487.73 “a woman Slave named Grace, and her two children named Archy and Mary.” Witnessed by William H. Cassels and Jno [John] Stewart.
On October 7, 1822, Robert Hendry Jr appeared before Liberty County Inferior Court Judge Thomas Mallard to state that Simon A. Fraser, “late of the County of Liberty aforesaid, but now of the County of Twiggs,” owed him this $487.73, plus $18.68 interest “on a mortgage of personal property to secure the payment of a promissory note.” Mallard ruled, “Let execution issue.” This paperwork, found in loose records of the Liberty County Court of Ordinary, was marked “foreclosure.”
Loose Papers in folders by surname, Liberty County Court of Ordinary, 1823 court case between John McVean and Andrew F. Fraser, 1823; digitized images with typewritten indexes, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QW-YVZD : accessed 31 July 2023), “Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 -> Liberty -> Estates 1775-1892 Fraser, Andrew-Goulding, Palmer, image 270-273 of 1211.