Sarah Jones Deed of Gift to Grimes
Text
Deed of Gift to Mrs. Grimes
Georgia, Chatham County Clerk’s Office
Recorded in Book D D folio
88 Savannah 21 March 1811
Job T. Bolles
clerk
75th
Georgia, Chatham County Clerk’s Office
Recorded in Book D D folio
88 Savannah 21 March 1811
Job T. Bolles
clerk
75th
Text
Georgia
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Jones of Savannah widow, out of natural love and affection to my Great Grand Daughter Sarah Jones Grimes, do hereby give and deliver to her use, a Negro woman called Menda [Minda], formerly the property of Mrs. C. [Catherine] Grimes, wife of Dr. John Grimes, and from Mrs Grimes I purchased the negro for the benefit of her child: to Hold the said Negro Menda [Minda] and her issue to my said Great Grand Child as aforesaid as her proper Negro I [come] with her issue but should my Great Grand child before marriage, or of legal age, then the said negro, to such Child, or children as my Grand Daughter Mrs. Grimes, may hereafter have— and for no other use interest or purpose whatever— warranting the said Negro for the uses aforesaid witness my hand and seal this day of March 1811
We [illegible] presents S Jones
P. D. Woollhopter
Thos. W. Rodman - Thomas W Rodman esquire being sworn saith he was present & did see Mrs. S Jones widow execute this deed & with P.D. Woolhopter did subscribe the same as witnesses. Thos. W. Rodman
Sworn to before me
this 21 March 1811
Job T. Bolles [illegible]
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Jones of Savannah widow, out of natural love and affection to my Great Grand Daughter Sarah Jones Grimes, do hereby give and deliver to her use, a Negro woman called Menda [Minda], formerly the property of Mrs. C. [Catherine] Grimes, wife of Dr. John Grimes, and from Mrs Grimes I purchased the negro for the benefit of her child: to Hold the said Negro Menda [Minda] and her issue to my said Great Grand Child as aforesaid as her proper Negro I [come] with her issue but should my Great Grand child before marriage, or of legal age, then the said negro, to such Child, or children as my Grand Daughter Mrs. Grimes, may hereafter have— and for no other use interest or purpose whatever— warranting the said Negro for the uses aforesaid witness my hand and seal this day of March 1811
We [illegible] presents S Jones
P. D. Woollhopter
Thos. W. Rodman - Thomas W Rodman esquire being sworn saith he was present & did see Mrs. S Jones widow execute this deed & with P.D. Woolhopter did subscribe the same as witnesses. Thos. W. Rodman
Sworn to before me
this 21 March 1811
Job T. Bolles [illegible]
Text
[No linguistic content]
Dublin Core
Title
Sarah Jones Deed of Gift to Grimes
Subject
enslaved persons
Colerain Plantation (Chatham County, Georgia)
Colerain Plantation (Chatham County, Georgia)
Campbell, Menda
Sims, Thomas
Jones, Sarah
Grimes, Sarah Jones
Slavery & anti-slavery
Description
Scanned images of a Deed of Gift recorded in the Chatham County, Georgia country clerk's office on 21 March 1811. This document is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1141, the Potter Estate Papers, Box 1-1.
The Potter estate included the Tweedside and Colerain Plantations near Savannah, Georgia.
This deed of gift records the transfer of named enslaved persons Minda and her child from Sarah Jones to Jones' great grand daughter.
"Minda" refers to Minda Campbell. Minda was mother to Thomas Sims (1828-1902), who was enslaved by James Potter but escaped from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. Sims was then apprehended under the Fugitive Slave Act and, following a trial, was forcibly returned back to Savannah. Following the Civil War, Sims accepted a position at the U.S. Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Charles Deval.
The Potter estate included the Tweedside and Colerain Plantations near Savannah, Georgia.
This deed of gift records the transfer of named enslaved persons Minda and her child from Sarah Jones to Jones' great grand daughter.
"Minda" refers to Minda Campbell. Minda was mother to Thomas Sims (1828-1902), who was enslaved by James Potter but escaped from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. Sims was then apprehended under the Fugitive Slave Act and, following a trial, was forcibly returned back to Savannah. Following the Civil War, Sims accepted a position at the U.S. Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Charles Deval.
Creator
Jones, Sarah
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
21 March 1811
Rights
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Relation
JMLMS1411FA
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Identifier
JMLMS1411.1-1.1811SarahJonesDeedofGift.1-4
Coverage
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States of America
Collection
Citation
Jones, Sarah, “Sarah Jones Deed of Gift to Grimes,” Digital Collections, accessed April 13, 2026, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/630.