Enslaved Persons Named: Tony
On March 3, 1827, Furman R. Whitwell, Liberty County, sold to Levi S. D’Lyon of Savannah for $330 “a certain negro boy called Toney, aged about eighteen years, the son of Jack Grieves [spelled as in text], formerly the property of Samuel Stevens of Liberty County.” Witnessed by J. De LaMotte Jun, Notary Public.
On June 14, 1831, in Savannah, Levi S. D’Lyon sold for $226 to George W. Walthour “all my right, title & interest in and to the within named man Tony, subject to one hundred dollars paid by his father Jack Grieves, and who is entitled to the same when he shall settle for Tony; it having been understood, at the time I purchased him, that it was for his father, who advanced one hundred dollars.” Witnessed by Ralph King. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 11, 1833.
[NOTE: According to the Midway Congregational Church records, Jack Greaves was a free man of color who received a letter of dismission from the Midway Church to the Independent Church of Savannah in August 1829. See https://theyhadnames.net/midway-church-records/]
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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book K, 1831-1838, p. 79. Image #77 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9LD-K?i=76&cat=292358)