Enslaved People Named: Clarissa, James
On November 9, 1805, in Bryan County, William Maxwell Senior, Bryan County, sold to John Lawson, attorney in Savannah, for $550 “a certain mulatto female slave called Clarissa and her infant child about two years of age called James together with the future issue and increase of the said Clarissa.” Witnessed by James Lambright, who probated the signature on November 19, 1808. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 4, 1809.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book C (1807-1815), page 87; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-KSJQ : 4 Jun 2024), image 309 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.