Deed Book T, Part 2, 1860-1861
T-270-71. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. George A. Norwood conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slave Margaret and her child Caroline. The conveyance is void if Norwood pays to the equity court $1613.63 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-271-72. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. James H. Norwood conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slaves Amelia and Martha. The conveyance is void if Norwood pays to the equity court $1677 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-272-73. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. Samuel J. Melton conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slave Handy, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James. The conveyance is void if Melton pays to the equity court $1228.50 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-274-75. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. James S. McCall [signs James S. McCall Sr.] conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slave Flora, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James. The conveyance is void if McCall pays to the equity court $1126.12 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-275-76. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. William D. Adams conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Lucy and Andy, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James, deceased. The conveyance is void if Adams pays to the equity court $1082.25 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-276-77. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. Thomas E. Howle conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Henry and Louisa, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James, deceased. The conveyance is void if Howle pays to the equity court $2057.75 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860. [Copyist error initially appears to identify the grantee as Haynsworth, rather than Howle.]
T-277-78. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. Erasmus G. Kervin conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slave Little Handy. The conveyance is void if Kervin pays to the equity court $1174.87½ with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-279-80. Mortgage. Feb. 6, 1860. Charles W. Howell conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, negro slaves Winney and her child Mack. The conveyance is void if Howell pays to the equity court $850 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-280-81. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. Elias H. Vaughn conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a negro slaves Ben, Eleanor and Emily, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James, deceased. The conveyance is void if Vaughn pays to the equity court $1755 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. John W. Lee. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-281-82. Mortgage. Jan. 9, 1860. Allen E. McIver conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, negro slaves Jacob, Hannah, Viney, Andrew and George, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James, deceased. The conveyance is void if McIver pays to the equity court $3700.12½ with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Feb. 20, 1860. Rec. Feb. 20, 1860.
T-307-08. Trust Deed of Gift. Dec. 13, 1859. David Smoot gives to Frederick F. Warley, in trust for Smoot’s daughter Elizabeth Winters, wife of John Winters, three negro slaves: Fanny, aged about 19 years, and her two children Alice and Richard, with their increase. The trust is for the sole and separate benefit of Elizabeth Winters and not liable to the debts of her present or any future husband, for her lifetime and then to her children, to be divided when the youngest reaches 21 years of age. If Elizabeth dies leaving no surviving children or leaving no children surviving to age 21, the negroes and their increase are to be divided among Smoot’s sons Thomas W., Stephen Allison, Oliver Haws, Calvin and Joshua, share and share alike. Wit. B. F. Williamson, A. E. McIver, Jno. F. DuBose. Pr. Jan. 3, 1860. Rec. Mar. 1, 1860.
T-315-16. Trust Deed of Gift. Dec. 28, 1859. To make provision for her daughter Mary W. Law and her children, Hannah Hart conveys to Thomas C. Law, a plantation and tract of land of 1000 acres located on both sides of Black Creek and bounded by lands of Elijah Goodson, Robert L. Hart, Joseph Norwood, William King, Jr., Jacob Kelly and D. S. Law, which land formerly belonged to Thomas E. Hart and was sold as his property at sheriff sale and purchased by Jno. W. Lee [sic, should be Lide], and also slaves Henry, Ritta, Sidney, Sam, Spencer, Laura, Phillis and Daniel, with the future increase of the females. The property is conveyed to Law in trust for Hannah Hart’s daughter Mary W. Law, wife of Thomas C. Law, for her sole and separate use during her lifetime and free from her husband or any future husband’s debts. After Mary’s death, the property is to be divided among the issue of Mary in equal shares. Wit. J. A. Dargan, S. H. Wilds. Pr. Mar. 1, 1860. Rec. [n.d.]
T-316-18. Mortgage. Feb. 4, 1860. To secure his bond of $6400 guaranteeing the payment of a debt of $3200 with interest owed to Mary A. Fountain, John L. Hart conveys to Mary A. Fountain seven negro slaves: Peter, Maria, Jim, Della, Maria, Emma and Tom. The conveyance is void if Hart pays his debt as agreed. Wit. A. F. Edwards, W. J. Fountain. Pr. Feb. 14, 1860. Rec. Mar. 1, 1860.
T-319-20. Bill of Sale. Dec. 20, 1859. For $200, James Jones and wife Sarah Jones sell to Solomon Wright all their interest in certain negroes with their increase: Phereba, aged about 60; Mahalla, about 30, and her two children Wesley and Andrew aged nine and seven respectively. They were property of Absolom Wright during his and his wife’s natural lives, and at their death were to be equally divided among the heirs of Jonathan Wright, deceased. Wit. Peter K. McIver, Thos. E. Howle. Pr. Jan. 2, 1860. Rec. Mar. 2, 1860.
T-335. Bill of Sale. Undated. For $800 secured by James W. Mixon, James P. Wilson sells to James W. Mixon a negro boy Calvin, to be delivered on Jan. 1 next. Wit. Miles H. Joy, Aaron L. Loy. Pr. Mar. 1, 1860. Rec. Mar. 2, 1860. Note: the copyist heading reads “James P. Wright to M. W. Mixon,” and the signature is recorded as James P. Wright, not James P. Wilson as in the body of the document.
T-336-37. Deed of Gift. Feb. 28, 1860. John Young Sr. givs to his daughter Francis [sic] R. Newberry a negro girl Rachel with her increase, for her lifetime, and then to be equally divided among the heirs of her body. Wit. Jno. Culpepper, C. P. Culpeper. [sic] Pr.Mar. 20, [sic] 1860. Rec. Mar. 2, 1860.
T-346-47. Marriage Settlement. Mar. 6, 1860. Contemplating a marriage between Simon Ward and Sarah P. Leach, Sarah conveys property to William J. Carter, in trust for her sole and separate use and to remain in her possession during her life as if she were a femme sole, and then after her death to her child or children, except her granddaughter Adeline, wife of Trezevant Eddy, who is to have no share and is to be treated at the division as if she had never existed. Wit. W. L. Morse, A. W. Thomson. Schedule of property annexed includes negroes with the future increase of the females: Friday, Dick, Capers, Stepney, Joanna, Emily, Robert, Jerry, Peter, Jonah, Becca, Julia, Penny, Margaret, Amy, Lucy, Sidney. Pr. Mar. 19, 1860. Rec. Mar. 27, 1860.
T-348-49. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. To secure his payment of $1851 with interest owing to the equity court, James Killen conveys to T. B. Haynsworth Negro slaves Dolly, Oliver, America and Lavinia, formerly the property of Susan W. Jolly, deceased. The conveyance is void if Killen pays his debt as agreed. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-349-50. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Charles C. Law conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Martha, Catharine and Horace, formerly belonging to the estate of Susan W. Jolly, deceased. The conveyance is void if Law pays to the equity court $1362.50 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-350-51. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Pherryba Harris conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Clarissa and her infant child. The conveyance is void if Harris pays to the equity court $1147.60 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. M. W. Harris. Pr. Apr. 6, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-351-52. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Ervin H. DuBose conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Sharper, Jess and Harriet, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if DuBose pays to the equity court $2436 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-352-53. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. R. Z. Skinner conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Glen, formerly belonging to the estate Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if Skinner pays to the equity court $1168.50 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-353-54. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Samuel N. Atkinson conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Serena, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if Atkinson pays to the equity court $798 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-355-56. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Jared Woodham conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Laney, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if Woodham pays to the equity court $1178.95 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-357-58. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Ezra A. Hudson conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Winney, lately the property of Miss Tamsie [?] Bland. The conveyance is void if Hudson pays to the equity court $950.82 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-358-59. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. H. J. DuBose conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Darkis, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if DuBose pays to the equity court $194.75 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860. Marked as satisfied in full, May 4, 1863, signed B. W. Edwards.
T-359-60. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Gilbert Crosswell conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave March. The conveyance is void if Crosswell pays to the equity court $1140 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-360-61. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. W. H. B. DuBose conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Willis, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if DuBose pays to the equity court $964.25 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. Apr. 11, 1860. Rec. Apr. 11, 1860.
T-361-62. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Moses S. McCall conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, a Negro slave John, a mulatto, formerly belonging to the estate of Susan W. Jolly, deceased. The conveyance is void if McCall pays to the equity court $916.67 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. John J. Russell. Pr. May 12, 1860. Rec. May 12, 1860.
T-363. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Oran D. Lee conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Abraham, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if Lee pays to the equity court $1045 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. May 12, 1860. Rec. May 12, 1860. Marked satisfied, Mar. 2, 1863, signed E. B. Brunson, C. C. P.
T-364. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. Reuben Beasley conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slave Allison, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter DuBose, deceased. The conveyance is void if Beasley to the equity court $1239.75 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. H. B. White. Pr. May 12, 1860. Rec. May 12, 1860.
T-365-66. Mortgage. May 14, 1860. Laura M. McCall conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Frankey, Charlotte, Lucy and Sarah, formerly belonging to the estate of Mrs. Susan A. [sic] Jolly, deceased. The conveyance is void if McCall pays to the equity court $1865 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. Thos. T. McCall. Pr. May 15, 1860. Rec. May 12 [sic], 1860.
T-366-67. Mortgage. Apr. 2, 1860. John T. Green conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Nora and her infant child Alexander, mulattoes formerly belonging to the estate of Mrs. Susan W. Jolly, deceased. The conveyance is void if Green pays to the equity court $1133.33 with interest according to his bond of this date. Wit. Charles Spencer, H. G. Scarborough. Pr. May 22, 1860. Rec. May 22, 1860.
T-385. Trust Deed of Gift. June 15, 1853. Elizabeth Welch gives to Soloman B. Wilson and Edwin Jordan, trustees for her daughter Angelina Goodson, wife of Edwin Goodson, two Negro slaves Deedham and Isom. After Elizabeth’s death the trustees are to sell the Negroes for the benefit of Angelina. Until Elizabeth’s death they are to remain under with her and under her control. Wit. G. M. McCown, T. A. Fryer, T. B. Haynsworth. Pr. May 24, 1860. No recording date.
T-401-02. Trust Deed of Gift. Apr. 16, 1860. Peter S. A. Bacot conveys to Archie S. Dyson, Negro slaves Frank, about 25 years, and Rose, about 12 years, with their increase, in trust for his wife Sarah J. Bacot, and after her death to their children at age 21. If no children survive, they are to be divided among Peter S. A.’s brothers and sisters Richard B. Bacot, Washington M. Bacot, Moses S. Bacot, Thomas W. Bacot, Mary H. Bacot and Hannah S. Tyson. Wit. E. B. Brunson, Jr., J. Hamelton Warley. Pr. May 4, 1860. Rec. May 4, 1860.
T-413. Mortgage. Dec. 7, 1859. To secure James C. Garner and David G. Wood from their responsibilities under a promissory note of James R. McLendon owing to Allison Smoot dated Feb. 8, 1859, McLendon conveys to Garner and Wood a negro slave Drum [?], or if he dies or is otherwise disposed of, another negro slave John. The conveyance is void if McLendon pays to Smoot $600 or otherwise indemnifies Garner and Wood. Wit. G. W. Byrd, B. P. Byrd. Pr. May 7, 1860 [sic]. Rec. May 4, 1860.
T-430-31. Agreement. Mar. 31, 1860. Solomon Wright and James D. Wright confirm the settlement made between them regarding the property of Josiah Wright, deceased, and also the deed of Elizabeth Wright given to them. The negroes [not named] and land are to remain so divided forever. Wit. Chas. C. Law, E. B. Brunson. Pr. June 8, 1860. Rec. June 8, 1860.
T-431. Deed of Gift. Dec. 16, 1853. John A. Brunson and William B. Brunson give their sisters Julia A. Cooper and Elizabeth G. Brunson, negroes Judy, Delia and Frank, now in possession of Julia A. Cooper. This action is in confirmation of a prior gift to the same effect previous to the marriage of Julia. Wit. W[illiam]. C. Huggins, Sion Hill. Pr. Dec. 16, 1853. Rec. Dec. 16, 1853 [sic].
T-437-38. Mortgage. July 2, 1860. Benjamin Clements conveys to T. B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Venus and her two children Bill and Jackson. The conveyance is void if Clements pays to the equity court $1398.75 with interest according to a bond of this date. Wit. E. B Brunson, Jr. Pr. July 3, 1860. Rec. July 3, 1860.
T-438-39. Declaration of Trust. June 4, 1860. In order to comply with the equity court’s order in the case “Ex parte John B. Rhodes & wife & Thomas E. Howle in Re Levi N. Gray Executor of Benjamin W. James, against John B. Rhodes & wife & others” dated Feb. 10, 1860, ordering the investment in slaves for the benefit of Mary D. Rhodes, wife of John B. Rhodes, Thomas E. Howle declares that the Negro slaves Henry and Louisa which he bought for $2110 at the sale of the property of the estate of Benjamin W. James, deceased, were bought in trust for Mary and such other uses as were expressed in the will of James related to the share of the estate devised to Mary D. Rhodes. The equity commissioners’ report on the matter was made Feb. 16, 1860, a special report made May 7, 1860, and the order of the court made February term 1860 and the order made by Chancellor Inglis on May 11, 1860. Wit. J. Gee, H. B. White. Pr. July 3, 1860. Rec. July 3, 1860.
T-440-41. Trust Deed of Gift. Aug. 6, 1860. James S. McCall, Sr., conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, in trust for McCall’s daughter Ann Eliza Earle, wife of George W. Earle, Negro slaves Ralph, a man about 33 years; Rose, a woman about 33 years; and Sarah, a woman about 17 years; with their increase. The trust is for Ann and George Earle, the survivor of them, and then to the children of Ann Eliza Earle. Failing children of Ann Eliza Earle, the slaves and their increase revert to the heirs of James S. McCall, Sr. Wit. W. E. McCall, James S. McCall, Jr. Pr. Aug. 6, 1860. Rec. Aug. 6, 1860.
T-441-42. Mortgage. July 16, 1860. Henry K. W. Flinn conveys to Thomas B. Haynsworth, equity commissioner, Negro slaves Howard, Susan and Henry, formerly belonging to the estate of B. W. James, deceased. The conveyance is void if Flinn pays to the equity court $2145 with interest according to a bond of Jan. 9, 1860. Wit. Simon F. Parrott, H. B. White. Pr. Sept. 12, 1860. Rec. Sept. 12, 1860.
T-467. Indenture. Dec. 20, 1860. Dennis Morgan, late of North Carolina but now of Darlington Dist., South Carolina, aged about 26 years, voluntarily and of his own accord puts and binds himself to Griffin Holliman “as a Servant or Slave to serve from the date hereof for and until the full end of the term of ninety nine years next ensueing, during all which time the said Servant or Slave his Master faithfully honestly industriously shall serve all lawful commands every where readily obey and in all things and at all times behave as a faithful Servant or Slave ought to do. He hereby relinquishes to the said Griffin Holliman the right of making contracts for him And the said Griffin Holliman shall and will furnish and provide the said Morgan during the continuance of the said term with sutiable and sufficent board, clothing and medical attendance.” Signed by Dennis Morgan (by mark) and Griffin Holliman. Wit. Wm. Holliman. Pr. Dec. 28, 1860. No recording date.
T-468-69. Mortgage. Dec. 3, 1860. Robert Campbell, Eli Odom and Solomon Wright convey to David G. McIntosh, executor of the estate of James H. McIntosh, negro slaves Risper [Rosser?], Andrew, Liz, Mary, Dicy, Easter and Pinckney. The conveyance is void if Campbell, Odom and Wright pay to McIntosh $5000 as agreed in their note of Dec. 3, 1860. Wit. G. A. Norwood. Pr. Jan. 18, 1861. Rec. Jan. 18, 1861.