Enslaved People Named: Lempeter, Catharine
On January 29, 1846, at Savannah, Hiram Roberts, sold to Alexander W. Stephens and Benjamin Stiles, trustees of Jane Penney, wife of Beecroft Penney, , for $749.24 “two certain negro slaves, to wit, Lempeter [or Lemsseter] a man, aged about thirty six years, and Catharine a woman, aged about forty years.” Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on April 25, 1846.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1830-1853, Book F (1840-46), page 415; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-VS2G-H : 8 Oct 2024), image 468 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.