Enslaved People Named: Quacco
On September 15, 1837, Jemima English, Bryan County, gifted to her son George Waller, aged about 37, some real estate, “one negro man named Quacco, about twenty three years old,” a horse, 65 head of stock cattle, and household items. The land included 150 acres she lived on, granted to William Harvey, Senior, on November 1, 1814; one 400-acre tract granted to George ? Shuman on December 15, 1834; one 50-acre tract granted to George ? Shuman on November 25, 1831; one 150-acre tract granted to James Cook on November 27, 1820; one 200-acre tract granted to William English; one 40-acre lot in “the Gold Region” granted to RObert ?Partin?, lot 798 3rd quality 2nd District 1st section Cherokee. The first five tracts were said to be in Bryan County’s 19th District mainly on the Caney Branch. Witnessed by John M. To??ls” and Hiram Waller [the latter signed by mark]. Jemima English signed by mark.
On September 19, 1837, Jemima English also gifted land to Hiram Waller, identifying him as her brother. George Waller witnessed this deed as a Justice of the Peace.
On August 5, 1837, George Waller, planter of Bryan County, gifted to James Waller, Hiram Waller’s child, about 10 years old, 200 acres of land. This deed was witnessed by Hiram Waller and Nan. Waller [identified as a woman], who both signed by mark.
All recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on November 3, 1837.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 257-60; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSGF-7 : 24 Jul 2024), image 148 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.