Enslaved People Named: Sue, Charles
On December 6, 1861, Phereby Shuman and Wm. [William] H. Shuman came to agreement over a lawsuit between the two of them disputing ownership of “two negro children to wit Sue a girl aged about five years and Charles a boy aged about three years.” Phereby Shuman relinquished all her right to them in return for $5 from William. Witnessed by Wm. H. Shuman, Jr, James H. Feaster. Recorded in Bryan County Superior Court on February 17, 1862.
Bryan County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-J 1853-1874, Book I (1860-1869), page 137-8; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-197K-2 : 8 May 2025), image 387-8 of 682; microfilm #007899047, citing original records of Bryan County Superior Court.