Enslaved Persons Named: Patty, Leah, Joe, Jack, Peggy, Sharper, Jube, Mary, Robert, Jacob, Ben
On June 3, 1828, Benjamin Mell, Sheriff, Liberty County, sold to John D. Hathaway, same place, for $2448 “certain negro slaves, viz. Patty, Leah, Joe, Jack, Peggy, Sharper, Jube, Mary, Robert, Jacob and Ben.” Witnessed by J. Mell, David Stetson. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 12, 1828. They had been seized from the estate of Thomas F. Bacon by Liberty County constable Stafford A. Somersall after John Martin and the administratrix of Matthew Lindon had received judgments against the estate.
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book I, 1822-1831, p. 305. Image #460 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYZ-V?i=459&cat=292358)