Enslaved People Named: Marlick, Violet, July, Green, Lucy, Louisa, Norridge, Dembo, Jim, Hercules, Syke [alt: Psyche], Tenah, Jeffrey, Petty, Hester, Harrington, Hannah, Cork, Patty, Cotia, Rosetta, Mary, Paul, Violet, Sarah, Noble, Romia, Little Green
Due to a lawsuit against the estate of Samuel Miller in the federal circuit court for the District of Georgia and a judgment for $2334 pounds sterling (said to be equal to $10361.91), the District Marshal seized “the following negro slaves named Marlick, Violet, July, Green, Lucy, Louisa, Norridge, Dembo, Jim, Hercules, Syke [alt: Psyche], Tenah, Jeffrey, Petty, Hester, Harrington, Hannah, Cork, Patty, Cotia, Rosetta, Mary, Paul, Violet, Sarah, Noble, Romia, Little Green.” He put them up at public auction and sold them on April 26, 1806, to the highest bidder, Charles Harris of Savannah. Witnessed by John Dan’l Lewis, William Jenkins. John Dan’l Lewis probated the signatures in Savannah on April 26, 1806, as witnessed by John Y. Noel, Mayor. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 9, 1806.
Charles Harris, identifying himself as an attorney of Savannah, then sold that same day for $1477.68 to John Pray, esquire, of Bryan County, “the following negros to wit, July, Syke, Louisa, Tenah & Jim & the future issue of the female slaves and my right title or interest thereto.” Witnessed by Geo. Jones, “Judge of the Superior Court.” Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on May 9, 1806.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book B (1799-1807), page 245-6; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-KSP7 : 26 May 2024), image 244 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.