Enslaved People Named: August, Nanny, Patty, ? Petter ?
On March 15, 1854, John Pray Maxwell, Bryan County, used as collateral on a promissory note to Aaron Champion for $1240 “the following named negro slaves to wit August about (50) fifty years of age Nanny [or Nancy] about forty (40) years of age Patty about seventeen (17) years of age and ? Petter ? [Peter?] about forty eight (48) years of age.” Witnessed by John E. Ward. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 25 , 1854.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 79-81; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-1974-C : 31 Jan 2025), image 45-6 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.