Enslaved People Named: Dolly
On February 8, 1837, Mary Jane Maxwell, Savannah, and Thomas F. Williams, also of Savannah, entered into a marriage contract with her trustees, William M. Maxwell and John P. Maxwell, both of Bryan County. A trust was created, into which was put “a certain negro woman slave named Dolly,” who was owned by Mary Jane Maxwell, and any future property she might come to possess. The trust specified that Thomas F. Williams was not to have any rights or control over the trust property, and it was to be administered as a separate estate, to be inherited by their children. Witnessed by Jno. [John] M.B. Harden, Edward J. Harden, G.W. Galphin. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on January 8, 1838.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book E (1830-40), page 296-7; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSG6-4 : 30 Jul 2024), image 168-9 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.