Midwife payment for Joan from guardian of Ann Eliza Early

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

In the 1826 probate records of Ann Eliza Early, her guardian John Cunningham submitted a sworn statement regarding his management of her affairs. Among the entries is a receipt noting his payment of $1 to a midwife for attending Joan, an enslaved woman, during childbirth in 1825.

Rec’d of John Cunningham, guardian of Ann Eliza Early, one dollar it being for an amt. paid by me to a midwife in attending on Joan a negro woman in child bed in my employ in the year 1824. This 5 July 1825.

Cash pd/1.00 [signature unreadable]

Reference

Estate Records, Greene County, Georgia, Probate Estate Case Files 1790–1943, image 890, FamilySearch.