Enslaved People Named: Nero, Phillis [alt: Phyllis], Nero, Tamar, Sampson, Jemmy [or Jimmy], Jenny, Morris, George, Delia, Elsey [alt: Elsy], Abraham, Phillis, Jacob, Fanny, Abigail, Neptune, Grace, Mary, Wally, Mary, John, Kenty, Kate, Hannah, Harrington, Scipio, William, Pate, Phobe [alt: Phoebe, Phebe], Peter, Phillis, Nancy, Quallity [alt: Quality], Cretia, Major, Fanny, Aran, Harriot [alt: Harriet], Sylvia, Maryanne [alt: Mary anne], Geb, Nanny, Adam, Henry, Sue, Dick, Ben, Chloe, Kate, Moll, Fanny, Billy, Chance, Prince, Venus, Meddy
On March 17, 1803, Abraham Gindrat, Bryan County, entered into a marriage settlement with Barbara Clark, “widow of William Clark late of said county deceased,” with the Honorable Joseph Clay Junior of Bryan County as her trustee. Put into trust for her was “all that certain plantation, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the County of Bryan, in the said State of Georgia, commonly called White Hall late the residence of William Clark esquire deceased.” [NOTE: Number of acres and boundaries were left blank.] Added to the trust were “all the following negro Slaves to wit. Nero, Phillis [alt: Phyllis], Nero, Tamar, Sampson, Jemmy [or Jimmy], Jenny, Morris, George, Delia, Elsey [alt: Elsy], Abraham, Phillis Jacob, Fanny, Abigail Neptune, Grace, Mary, Wally, Mary, John Kenty Kate, Hannah, Harrington, Scipio, William, Pate, Phobe [alt: Phoebe, Phebe], Peter, Phillis, Nancy, Quallity [alt: Quality], Cretia, Major, Fanny, Aran, Harriot [alt: Harriet], Sylvia Maryanne [alt: Mary anne], Geb, Nanny, Adam, Henry, Sue, Dick, Ben, Chloe, Kate, Moll, Fanny, Billy Chance Prince, Venus Meddy, being fifty seven in number,” with all their “issue and increase.” The trust was to be maintained for the use of Abraham Gindrat and his intended wife Barbara Clark jointly during their lives, then would pass to the survivor and his or her heirs. However, if their marriage was to produce children, then when the survivor died, the surviving children would inherit equally. Witnessed by John Maxwell, J.P. and Mary Maxwell. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on October 10, 1805.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book B (1799-1807), page 198-200; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-KS2L : 25 May 2024), image 220-1 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.