Sale of Slaves from Zeno Phillips to Elizabeth Harrison, Dallas, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/dallas/slaves/z-phillips.tx ============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access This file was contributed and copyrighted by Rae V. Calvert ========================================================== May 2004 Zeno Phillips is deeding the named slaves to his sister Elizabeth Phillips Harrison in 1824, probably after the death of Col. Joseph Phillips. Zeno Phillips went to Texas as one of Austin's original 300 pioneers. Elizabeth Phillips Harrison, wife of Pascal Harrison, was actually in the part of Dallas County which became Lowndes County in 1830. Carter Braxton Harrison who was a witness to the deed actually lived in Dallas County and was Pascal Harrison's brother. However, Pascal died on September 1823 in Monroe County and is reportedly buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Claiborne, AL a tombstone has not been found. The exact date of Elizabeth Harrison is unknown but she was on the 1860 census and not on the 1870 census for Lowndes County. Zeno Phillips died in Brazoria County, TX, in 1835 and his only child died shortly afterwards so the huge tract of land he owned was divided up among the collateral heirs including Elizabeth Harrison. This deed of slaves apparently covered part of the settlement of Col. Joseph Phillips' estate -- no Will or estate proceeding for him is in Clarke or Monroe Counties (AL) although he served as Chief Justice of the Orphans Court in Clarke CO, MS Territory, from 1812 to 1814. There may have been a yellow fever epidemic in Clark County and Monroe County in the 1820's, which apparently killed both Pascal Harrison and Col. Joseph Phillips. The part of the family in Lowndes (then Dallas) County survived! STATE OF ALABAMA } KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Zeno Phillips of the County of Monroe and State aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars to me paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and deliver unto Elizabeth Harrison of the County of Dallas and State aforesaid the following described Negroes, that is to say, a man, Bob, his wife, Olive, and her children, Erwin, Washington, Stanna, Gabriel, and Easter, a woman, Milly, and her child, Ginny, a boy Charles, an old woman Easter and a small girl, Nancy, to have and to hold to her, the said Elizabeth Harrison, her executors, administrators, and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal and delivered the same this 12th day of February 1824. In presence of Zeno Phillips (seal). C. B. Harrison Cullen C. Knight STATE OF ALABAMA } DALLAS COUNTY } This day personally appeared before me, Erasmus Walker, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Carter B. Harrison, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within Bill of Sale, and makes oath that it was signed and sealed by Zeno Phillips in his presence and that he saw Cullen C. Knight sign his name as a witness to said instrument. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of May 1826. E. Walker, J. P. (seal).