Enslaved People Named: Dick, Kate, Violet, Frank, Jim, Jane, Bob, Abraham, Peggy, Elic
On March 1, 1845, James Johnson, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Charles W. Rogers, Bryan County, for $1000 “the following property to wit ten negroe slaves as follows Dick aged twenty four years, Kate aged twenty three years and her two children Violet aged three years, and Frank aged fourteen months, Jim aged twenty six years, Jane aged thirty five years, Bob aged eighteen years Abraham aged seventeen years Peggy aged nineteen years and [hard to read – Elic or Erica?] aged fourteen years.” Also used as collateral was “that well known plantation in said [Bryan] County, called the Cottage, containing one hundred acres more or less.”
Witnessed by William L. Baker. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on March 12, 1845.
This mortgage was marked as satisfied as of November 24, 1849.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 328-30; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS2B-G : 20 Sep 2024), image 422-3 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.