Enslaved People Named: Betsey
On July 12, 1852, in Savannah, Charles W. Fergerson [alt: Fergurson] gave a promissory note, due the next day, for $150 to Joseph Lipperman. He also gave him a promissory note made out to him (Fergerson) from Thomas A. Hines for $177 dated June 26, 1852, also due the following day. These promissory notes were in payment for “a negro woman named Betsey, said negro woman in bad health and not warranted sound.” If the notes were not paid by January 15, 1853, then Betsey was to be put up at auction to the highest bidder, and C.W. Fergerson was to make good any loss between the amount of the notes and the “price the woman may bring at auction.” Betsey was not to be considered as Fergerson’s property until paid for. Witnessed by B.W. Dasher. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on October 19, 1852.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 333-4; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSKH-5 : 23 Jan 2025), image 665-6 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.