Woodson, sold to T. & J. Cunningham for life

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

Park to Cunningham’s

$350

One day after date I promise to pay to T. & J. Cunningham three hundred and fifty dollars for value received this 18th May 1826.

James S. Park 

Georgia, Greene County. Know all men by these presents that I, James S. Park, of the county and state aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of ten dollars to me in hand paid as well as for the securing the payment of the aforesaid note hereto annexed have this day bargained, sold and by these presents bargain, sell, and convey to T. & J. Cunningham a negro man slave for life named Woodson, about the age of twenty-seven years, to have and to hold the said negro slave to them the said T. & J. Cunningham, their heirs, and assigns forever, and I, the said James S. Park, will hereby warrant and defend the right and title of the said negro to the said T. & J. Cunningham against the claim title or demand of all persons whatever, subject however to the following conditions, that if the said James S. Park shall well and hereby pay to the said T. & J. Cummingham the sum of money mentioned in said note annexed according to the tenor and effect thereof, then the above bill of sale or obligation to become void and of no effect, but if the said James S. Park shall make default in the payment of said sum of money mentioned in said note annexed, then the said T. & J. Cunningham shall be at liberty to foreclose this mortgage on the said negro for the sum specified in said note under and pursuant to the regulations of the statute in such cases made and provided. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 18th day of May 1826.

James S. Park
Test.

William H. Figgs
John Belhune, JIC

Recorded 23rd June 1826.
Ebenezer Torrence, Clk.

T. & J. Cunningham was a mercantile establishment located in Greensboro, offering a wide array of goods to its patrons. Their inventory included both staple necessities and fancy indulgences, such as shoes, furniture, fabric, quilts, guns, and china dishes among other things.

Reference

• Greene County, Georgia, Deed Books 1824–1828, 1829–1851, image 121; www.familysearch.org. 
• Stock of Goods, Augusta Herald, Augusta, Georgia, September 19, 1817.