Enslaved People Named: Sylvia, Sucky, Scipio
On May 1, 1844, Henry H. White and his wife Elizabeth used as collateral on two promissory notes “the three following named negroe slaves to wit Sylvia a female aged about fifty years Sucky a female aged about sixteen years and Scipio a male aged about eighteen years.” The first promissory note was for 118.25 to Stephen Z. Collins, Alexander Mitchel and James J. Wye, merchants doing business as S.Z. Collins & Co. The second note was to H.W. Proudfoot for $164.90.
Witnessed by Lachlan McIntosh. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 8, 1844.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 255-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS21-4 : 15 Sep 2024), image 384-7 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.