Enslaved Persons Named: Bell, Sam, Henry, Mary, March, Prince
On May 5, 1835, William Hughes, planter of Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $527.38 to Uriah Wilcox, trade of Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Bell & her five children Sam, Henry, Mary, March, & Prince, together with the future issue & increase of the females.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on Mary 11, 1835.
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, pp. 232-3. Image #157 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9K5-H?i=156&cat=292358)