Eliza, William, and Jack—sold in trust for Lavinia A. Smith

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

Swinney to Smith, Trustee

Georgia, Greene County. Be it hereby remembered and witnessed that, I, Peggy D. Swinney, of the county and state aforesaid, do hereby give to, transfer, and make over, sell, and convey to Wm. C. Smith in trust for Lavinia A. Smith and her lawful heirs a certain negro woman by the name of Eliza of dark complexion, about twenty-two years of age, and her two children, William, about three years old, and Jack, about eight months old.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and fixed my seal, this the 16th December 1861.

Peggy D. Swinney

Witness
C. L. Few, Test.
John P. Mayne
S. H. Thompson, J.P.

Recorded this 10th day of January 1862.
Isaac R. Hall Clerk

Reference

Greene County, Georgia, Deed Books 1852–1857, 1857–1862, image 537 of 555, www.familysearch.org.