Enslaved People Named: Elbert, Richard, Albert
On September 27, 1860, Thomas F. Linder, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note to William Butler, Bryan County, for $1000 “the following property, to wit: a certain negro woman named Elbert of dark complexion about twenty-two years of age and her two children, one named Richard two years old and Alfred seven months old; said negroes I warrant to be sound and well.” Witnessed by Warren Shuman. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on October 26, 1860.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. v. H-J 1853-1874, Book I (1860-1869), page 28-29; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-1975-V : 6 May 2025), image 331 of 668; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.