William Bell mortgages real estate, slaves, and personal property to secure numerous promissory notes. "… One Negro woman named Mary of black color and age about 35 years and her four children, to wit, one boy named Andrew age 8 years, one boy name Jim age 5 years, one girl named Harriet age 3 years, one girl named Sue age 1 year or thereabouts..." "...slaves for life..."
Date(s) of Creation
5/11/1861
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Harriet
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Bell, William H. conveys slave to Prather, William & Quinn, Thomas & Shealey, George
