Enslaved Persons Named: Bettie
Type: Estate
On December 18, 1858, John R. Shave documented his receipt from John S. Andrews, trustee of the children of Elisha Smith, “the negro woman Bettie,” plus $43.33 1/3 cents “in full of all the claim right title and interest of all property contained in said Deed of Trust to which I am entitled in the right of my wife Mary Rebecca as one of the heirs of said property.” Witnessed by William S. Norman, notary Public. Recorded on January 24, 1859.
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. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book O, p 454. Image #275. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSYW-3?i=274&cat=292358)