Enslaved People Named: None
On February 1, 1833, William King, factor of Savannah, used as collateral on a promissory note of $4300 to the “Georgia Infirmary for the relief and protection of aged and of afflicted negroes” “the undivided two fifths parts of the turnpike road over Ogeechee Causeway with the tolls to arise therefrom and the right to receive the same, together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging…” King was to repay this amount with interest by February 1, 1834, or face foreclosure. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 5, 1833.
[NOTE: The institution mentioned in this deed record was established in Savannah by the Georgia General Assembly in 1832. For more information: https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/the-georgia-infirmary/.]
The above mortgage was foreclosed upon by a judgment of the Bryan County Superior Court in its May 1843 term, and the 2/5 part of the turnpike road used as security was sold at public auction at the Bryan County courthouse on July 6, 1843. The “Georgia Infirmary for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted negroes”was the highest bidder at $1000, and the Sheriff prepared the bill of sale that day. Witnessed by Joseph J. Smith, Solomon Smith, J.I.C. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 10, 1844.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 113-4; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSGR-K : 9 Jul 2024), image 59 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 259-61; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLS-Q : 15 Sep 2024), image 386-7 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.