Enslaved People Named: George
On August 26, 1852, Thomas A. Hines, Bryan County, and Mary R. Perry, also of Bryan County, entered into a marriage contract with William Butler, same place, as her trustee. Put into trust for her were a 250-acre tract of land in Liberty County, “one negro boy named George, aged eight years,” five promissory notes made payable to John A. Perry as her guardian from S.W. Hill, G.J. Goodson, S.H. Perry, George C. Tippins, and John A. Perry, and all the property to which she might become entitled as one of the heirs of her deceased father, George C. Linder, or in any other way. The trust was to remain her separate property and estate and was not to be subject to her husband’s debts or to be sold by him. However, the property could be used by Thomas Hines while they were married, with William Butler’s consent. Witnessed by Benjamin Stiles. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 3, 1853.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 350-2; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSK7-T : 23 Jan 2025), image 674-5 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.