Enslaved People Named: Sandy
On April 4, 1809, John Pray purchased for $371 “a certain negro man or fellow known by the name of Sandy,” being sold at a Sheriff’s Sale after being seized from William Camp based on a writ of fieri facias issued from the Bryan County Superior Court in its March term of 1807. Sandy had apparently been used as collateral on a mortgage to Edward Stebbins dated March 1, 1806, that had been foreclosed on. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 21, 1809.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-D 1796-1829, Book C (1807-1815), page 92-3; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-KSFC : 5 Jun 2024), image 265 of 600; microfilm #007899046, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.