Morgan County GaArchives Deed.....Children, & Wife, Sally - Wortham, William 1814
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Deed of Gift - Slaves
Written: 1814

MAY 19, 1814 
MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA 
DEED BOOK D, PAGE 188, 189 AND 190 

Know all men be they present that I William Wortham of the County of Morgan and 
State of Georgia for the Love and Affection I bear to my children which I have 
by my wife Sally Wortham …………………….. 

I first give to my Daughter Selinda Wortham two certain Negro girls; RACHEL 
about Eleven years old and PHEBY about Seven years old and one feather bed and 
furniture to have and to hold the said Negroes with all their increase forever. 

Secondly I give to my Daughter Sally Wortham two certain Negro girls DAPHNEY 
about Twelve years old and HETTY [my line] about Three years old and one 
feather bed and furniture to have and to hold the said Negroes with all their 
increase forever. 

Thirdly I give to my son William Taliaferro Wortham two Negro boys DANIEL about 
Eight years old and GREEN about 2 months old and one Colt to have and to hold 
the said property forever. 

Fourthly I give to my son Joseph White Wortham Two certain Negro boys SIMON 
about Five years old and BOB about Four years old to have and to hold said 
Negroes forever. 

Fifthly I give to my two youngest sons Thomas Payne Wortham and Zechariah 
George Wortham, Three certain Negroes TOM, CHARITY AND SINTHEY and one fraction 
of Land on the Estate of hard labour containing 101 8/10 known by NO. 155, 
Twenty head of Cattle and 50 head of Hogs, One Bay Mare and Colt, Two beds and 
furniture all to be equally divided between them when Thomas Payne Wortham 
comes of age to have and to hold said property with all their increase forever. 
Excepting the above Negroes and Stock told, be for the support of the other 
children as well as themselves until they come of age or marry, the household 
and kitchen furniture and plantation utilities to be further support of all the 
children named in the Deed of Gift in Witness Whereof I have here unto set my 
hand and seal this 19th day of May 1814. 


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