Enslaved People Named: Jane
On August 1, 1854, Isaac Perry, Bryan County, and Little Berry [alt: Littleberry] Daniel and Nicholas J. Clark, Liberty County, as administrators of the estate of Elias Perry, late of Bryan County, sold at public auction to John P. Hines for $455.50 “the following Negro woman – Jane aged about thirty three years of dark complexion belonging to the estate of the late Elias Perry which said negro woman were sold for a division amongst the heirs of said estate of said Elias Perry.” The auction had been advertised in the newspaper as required by law.
Witnessed by William Butler, Charles W. Ferguson.
Immediately following this record was one in which John P. Hines sold Jane back to Isaac Perry for $450 on the same day.
Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on August 1, 1854.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 97-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-1974-X : 31 Jan 2025), image 54-5 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.