Enslaved People Named: Robin, Phebe, Sophia
On December 21, 1796, Liberty County Sheriff Daniel Stewart sold to James Holmes, merchant, for $246 “the following Negroe slaves to wit, Robin, Phebe [alt: Phoebe], and Sophia.” Sheriff Stewart had sold them based on a writ of fieri facias issued due to a lawsuit by John Baker, surviving copartner of Baker and Troup against Jonathan Holden. Stewart put them up for public auction on the first Tuesday of the previous November and Holmes was the highest bidder. Witnessed by Audley Maxwell.
Appended to this deed was a statement dated May 15, 1797 by J. Holmes: “Phebe sold by me & the amount credited in the judg’t of Baker & Troup.”
Also appended was a statement by Ja. Holmes assigning all his rights “to the within bill of sale to Elizabeth Holden this 15th May 1797 the negroe girl Phebe excepted.” Witnessed by James Robarts. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 15, 1797.
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. C-D 1793-1801,” Record Book DD (1795-1798), p. 107. Image #246 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-552F?i=245)