Enslaved People Named: Adam, Venus, Caesar, Sary, Sandy, Isaac, Flora, Cate, Jacob, Eve, Lydia
On September 28, 1837, William M. Maxwell, Bryan County, put in trust for his wife, Ann M. Maxwell, “the following negroe slaves to wit Adam, Venus, Caesar, Sary, Sandy, Isaac, Flora, Cate, Jacob, Eve and Lydia.” Her trustees were John P. Maxwell and George W. Galphin, also of Bryan County. The trust was to last for his wife’s lifetime, and then to be inherited by her children by him as tenants in common, not as joint tenants. Witnessed by A.W. Stephen, Jno [John] S. Maxwell. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on November 2, 1837.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 256-7; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSG6-1 : 24 Jul 2024), image 147-8 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.