Enslaved Persons Named: March, David, Hester
On August 6, 1790, John Thorp, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of 19 pounds sterling to Schmidt and Molich, merchants of Liberty County, “three negroe slaves named March, David and Hester.” Witnessed by John Graves, John Peacock. John Thorp signed by mark. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on August 15, 1790.
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. A-B 1777-1793,” Record Book B, 1787-1793, p. 304-5. Image #432 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FGV6?i=431&cat=292358)