Dave, property of Nancy Martin

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

Georgia, Greene County, Greenesborough, Monday, October 3rd, 1859

The Hon. the Court of Ordinary for said County met pursuant to adjournment; present and presiding Eugenius L. King, Ordinary.

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Whereas, Francis Hester, Guardian of Nancy Martin, idiot, makes application for leave to sell a negro man named Dave, the property of said Idiot, and there being no objection made to the granting of said application, and the same having been advertized according to law, and it being made fully and plainly to appear that said sale will be for the benefit of said estate:

It is now by the Court ordered, that said Guardian have leave to sell said negro man Dave, said sale to take place at the time and place prescribed by law, and upon giving due and legal notice of such time and place of sale. 

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Eugenius L. King, Ordinary

 Reference

Greene County, Georgia, Court Records 1859–1886, 1865–1869, image 49, FamilySearch.