Enslaved People Named: Yorick
On June 26, 1845, Thomas S. Clay, Bryan County, sold to Eliza C. Clay, Bryan County, for $450 “a certain negro man slave named Yorick.” Witnessed by John Winn, Mary C. Winn.
She then sold Yorick back to Thomas S. Clay on the same day, but this time in his capacity as the executor for Anne Clay’s estate and the trustee for Thomas S. Clay’s minor children, Joseph Clay, Thomas C. Clay and Anne Clay. He was to hold Yorick “to his and their only proper use and behoof forever, as directed by the will of the aforesaid Anne Clay deceased.” This record was also witnessed by John Winn and Mary C. Winn.
Both records contained an attestation by John Winn dated December 10, 1845 that he had witnessed the signatures.
Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on December 22, 1845.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 370-2; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS25-2 : 4 Oct 2024), image 444-5 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.