Enslaved People Named: Will, Rachel, Andrew, Lucey, Betty, Bob, Frank, Will, Nancy, Polidore, Jacob, Phebie, Hager, Old Hager
[Begin Transcript] At the request of Mrs. Mary Maxwell we the undersigned appraised the above property as Stated say amounting to three thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.
Ben Maxwell
Edw’d Harden
Wm. Clark
Ogeechee 1st March 1797
Witness
Simon Maxwell
Will…Driver…$350.00
Rachel…………300.00
Andrew………..450.00
Lucey…………..350.00 [alt: Lucy]
Betty……………350.00
Bob……………..325.00
Frank…………..300.00
Will……………..200.00
Nancy…………..130.00
Polidore………..65.00 [alt: Polydore]
Jacob Lucey’s child….150.00
Phebie…………..365.00 [alt: Phoebe, Phebe]
Hager……………300.00 [alt: Hagar]
Old Hager……….75.00 [alt: Hagar]
[Total]…………$3710.00
Personally appeared before me John Pray one of the Justices for Bryan County Simon Maxwell Esq’r the subscribing witness of the within appraisement, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith he was present and saw Edw’d Harden, Ben Maxwell Wm. Clark sign the within. March 27th 1799.
Jno. Pray J.P.
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Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book A (1796-1799), pg 104; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-K3HX : 15 May 2024), image 96 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.