Enslaved People Named: May
On June 15, 1849, John Boothe, Tattnall County, sold to Martin Shuman, Bryan County, for $600 “the following property: a certain negro girl named May [or Mary] aged sixteen years old dark complected.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] Harn, Wm. H. Gray. William Harn swore on April 17, 1860 before the Superior Court clerk that he had signed as a witness and had witnessed Wm. H. Gray sign. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 17, 1860.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book I (1860-1869), page 5; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-197L-D : 4 May 2025), image 318 of 668; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.