Enslaved People Named: Phillis, Jim
On October 17, 1839, at Savannah, Charles H. Starr, Bryan County, sold for $400 to Edwin P. Starr, Charleston, South Carolina, “a negro woman slave named Phillis [alt: Phyllis],” while reserving to himself “the priviledge of redeeming the said negro woman slave Phillis at any time whatever by paying unto the said Edwin P. Starr the above mentioned sum of four hundred dollars.” Witnessed by Robt. [Robert] Webb. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 1, 1840.
On the same day, in a separate deed record, Charles H. Starr sold to Edwin P. Starr for $600 “a negro man slave named Jim,” under the same condition.
Both deeds witnessed by Robt. [Robert] Webb. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 1, 1840.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 427; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSLT-G : 4 Aug 2024), image 236 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.