Enslaved People Named: Jack, Moriah, Charlotte, Nanny, Harry
On March 10, 1813, Thomas Mell and Micajah Andrews certified that they were called on, together with John Mallard, around March 1802 by Mrs. Lydia McGowen, mother of John and Joseph McGowen, to divide “certain negro slaves, which the said Lydia McGowen gave up to be divided between the said John and Joseph McGowen, her sons; namely, Jack, Moriah [or Mariah, alt: Murriah], Charlotte, Nanny, Harry…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 25, 1813.
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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book G (1809-1816), p. 226. Image #418 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J98P-X?i=417)