Enslaved People Named: None
On November 17, 1827, the siblings of Mary Simons Maxwell, deceased of Bryan County, registered their approval of a bequest she had made in their presence. She had been entitled to 1/6th part of undivided property consisting of land in Bryan County on the Midway River known as the Waterford, Tiperara & Huse’s Tracts, “also one sixth part of the Negroes, carriage & horses, stock of every description and household furniture, all of said property was vested at the time of the decease of sd [said] Mary in Mrs. Margaret Maxwell, and her four children, Mary S. Maxwell, Benjamin Maxwell, Eliza Maxwell, and John S. Maxwell, the widow and children of the late Moultrie Maxwell.” Sarah, the eldest daughter, had received her dividend at her marriage to William Ward of Sunbury [in Liberty County]. “Whereas from the most affectionate, and worthy motives the sd [said] Mary S. Maxwell did in the presence of her sisters and brothers, give and bequeath unto her beloved mother, Margaret Maxwell, all and every part of the aforesaid property, both real and personal, to which she was entitled aforesaid to be entirely hers and at her sole use and disposal.” The document was signed by William Ward, Eliza A. Maxwell, and B.C. Maxwell. Witnessed by Jno. [John] Stephens, Jos. E. Maxwell, James A. Screven. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on June 24, 1828.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book D (1815-1829), page 338; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-K9XG : 23 Jun 2024), image 582 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.