Enslaved Persons Named: Sam, Bob, Neger, Bram, Isreal, Charles, Jim, Bess, Pompy [alt: Pompey], Louissa, Esther, Samuel, Raymond, Betty, Matilda, Hagar, Sarena, Amelia, Sarah, Renday, Stephen, John, Simon, Abram, Ben
“State of Georgia, Liberty County } The following is a list of the negroes belonging to Rosa A. William A. and D.W. Sheppard children of A.B.M. and Mary J. Sheppard, according to a Device of the Superior Court at the April Term 1858 of said Court viz. Sam, Bob, Neger, Bram, Isreal [alt: Israel], Charles and Jim, Bess & children Pompy Louissa [alt: Louisa], Esther, Samuel Raymond & Betty, Matilda & child Hagar Sarena, Amelia Sarah, Renday, Stephen, John, Simon, Abram & Ben.” [COMMENT: Punctuation as in text.] Recorded on April 26, 1858, by 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 O, p 388. Image #240. (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RSTF-V?i=239&cat=292358)