Enslaved People Named: Robert, Nathaniel
As part of a transfer of guardianship, On September 24, 1849, Henry A. Smith, former guardian of Michael M. Mattox, transferred possession of “a negro man named Robert, valued at five hundred dollars and a mulatto boy, named Nathaniel valued at two hundred and seventy five dollars” to William M. Eason. These two enslaved men were the property belonging to Michael M. Mattox, as one of the minor heirs of Elijah Mattox, and were transferred by order of the Bryan County Court of Ordinary and the Tattnall Court of Ordinary transferring from the guardianship from Smith to Eason, along with two promissory notes for $90 each, made by Jonathan B. Brewton. [Additional details of the promissory notes were included.] Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on on February 1, 1851.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book G (1846-53), page 222-3; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VSKP-3 : 22 Jan 2025), image 607 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.