Mary and Jim, property of B. E. Spencer and Henry English

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records. 

GREENE SHERIFF’S SALES.

WILL be sold before the court-house door in the city of Greenesboro, on the FIRST TUESDAY in NOVEMBER next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: 

One house and lot in the village of Penfield, whereon B. E. Spencer now lives; also, a negro woman named Mary, about forty years old; also, one pair counter scales: Levied on as the property of B. E. Spencer, to satisfy a fi fa from the Superior Court, in favor of C. C. Norton vs B. E. Spencer and Joseph H. English. 

Also, at the same time and place, 6 cane bottom chairs, 6 windsor chairs, 1 bureau, 4 chests, 2 beds, bedstead and furniture, 1 wardrobe, 1 carpet and 1 clock: Levied on as the property of B. E. Spencer, to satisfy a fi fa from Greene Superior Court, in favor of Scranton, Seymour & Co. vs B. E. Spencer and Henry English. Property pointed out by Henry English. 

Also, at the same time and place, one negro boy named Jim, about 22 years old: Levied on as the property of Henry English, to satisfy two fi fas from Superior Court of said county, one in favor of Scranton, Seymour & Co. vs B. E. Spencer and Henry English, and one in favor of Scranton, Kolb &, Cos. vs said Spencer and English. 

I. MORRISON, Sheriff:

Sept 30, 1858

Reference

Greene Sheriff’s Sales, The Georgia Temperance Crusader, Penfield, Georgia, September 30, 1858.