Enslaved People Named: Jack, Judy, Moses, Nanny, Jack, Louisa
On April 4, 1809, Paul H. Wilkins purchased for $1300 “Jack, Judy, Moses, Nanny, Jack & Louisa,” who were being sold at a Bryan County Sheriff’s sale at the Bryan County Courthouse after a Bryan County court had issued a writ of fieri facias authorizing their seizure from Richard M. Maxwell, planter of Bryan County, due to his default on a mortgage to Edward Stebbins, merchant of Chatham County, on which he had used them as collateral. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on September 29, 1809.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book C (1807-1815), page 95; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-KSVL : 5 Jun 2024), image 313 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.