Enslaved People Named: William
On January 23, 1860, Gordon I. [or J] Goodson, Bryan County, sold to Henry E. Smith, Bryan County, for $1200 “a certain negro fellow named William about thirty-three years of age, about five feet six inches high of dark complexion, which Negro fellow I warrant to be sound and well in body, in mind, and to be a slave for life.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] Harn. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on February 24, 1860.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book H (1853-1860), page 598; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-1975-W : 27 Apr 2025), image 305 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.