Jennet, servant of Elizabeth Greene

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

Greene to Hobbs
Georgia, Greene County

Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Greene, do place in the hands of Robert Hobbs Senr., a negro woman by the name of Jennet, about thirteen years of age to work for the interest of a certain note of hand made by myself and Acril Moody for the sum of seven hundred dollars seventy made payable on the Twenty-fifth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and dated Twenty-first day of March last. The said negro above named is not to be removed out of the control of said Robert Hobbs until said note above named shall be satisfied.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty-fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.

Elizabeth [her mark] Greene

Test.
Robert Hobbs Jr.
Nathan Hobbs

 

Georgia, Greene County

Personally came before me Jeremiah Lindsey, a Justice of the Peace for said county Robert Hobbs Jr. and being duly sworn says that he saw Elizabeth Greene execute and deliver the within mortgage to Robert Hobbs Senr. and that he and Nathaniel Hobbs subscribed the same as witnesses thereto.

Robert Hobbs Jr.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th February 1842
Jeremiah Lindsey, J.P.

Recorded 26th day of February 1842
Vincent Sanford Clk 

Reference

Greene County, Georgia Deeds, Book NN, 1839-1842, image 173; www.familysearch.org.