Enslaved Persons Named: Cudjoe, Amy, Betty, Valeria, Phebe, Mack, Emily
William John Way, Liberty County, used as collateral in a debt of $819.11 to Charlton Hines “the following property to wit: Cudjoe, a negro man aged about 45 years, Amy aged about 36 years, Betty aged about 36 years, Valeria, aged about 20 years, Phebe aged about 18 years, and Mack, a negro fellow aged about 22 years, on the above named six negroes there is a mortgage lien for thirteen hundred dollars in favor of Est. John Lambert. I also bargain and sell to the said Charlton Hines, a negro girl named Emily aged about sixteen years.” Witnessed by Joseph Way, Jesse Brwer, C.S.C.L.C. Recorded on 15 May 1861 by Jesse Brewer, Clerk. [Marked on the document: “Received of Wm. J. Way, nine hundred and thirty seven dollars 89 cents in full for the within. Feby 17th 1864. C. Jines. Per S.J. Hines. Entered this 18th Feby 1864. S.A. Fraser, Clerk.”]
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book P, p. 180 (image #462). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSTR-J?i=461&cat=2923580)