[001] 
 
Georgia 
Jones County 
 
To all and singular Sheriffs  
within said State Greeting 
 
We command you that of the following 
negroes, to wit, Sandy about 25 years old & Suckey about 4 years old 
the property of William Walden you cause 
to be made the sum of nine hundred & fifty dol- 
lars the principal as also the sum of one hun- 
dred & sixty seven dollars, & fifty four cents the interest due on 
a mortgage given by said William Wal- 
den to Benjamin May on said negroes 
dated the twenty ninth day of January eighteen 
hundred and twenty - and this day for- 
enclaved by oath of said Benjamin May 
and an order of [crossed out: Robert Cunningham]  
and John R. Moore a Justice of the Inferior 
Court of said County as also the further 
sum of five dollars and twenty five cents 
for costs in and about said foreclosure 
which sums of money was this adjudged 
by said Justices to be due said Benjamin 
May which you will raise by advertising 
said negroes sixty days & legally expo- 
sing there to sale & have said several 
sums of money at the Inferior Court on 
the second Monday in July next to [unknown] 
to said Benjamin May his prin- 
cipal, interest & cost due on said 
mortgaged & whereof said William Walden 
stands convicted any appears of record & 
have then & than this worth. 
Witness the honorary [crossed out: Robert Cunningham]  
[and] John R. Moore & Justices of said Court 
This 31st January A.D. 1821 
 [signed] Henry Wyche C.J.C. 
 
[002] 
 
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[Received] $942.79 prin 
interest & cost 
1st May 1821. 
[signed] T. Livingston D.S 
 
 
[Received] from the Sheriff 
$932.54 in full 
[private] & interest 
1st May 1824 
[signed] [Benjamin] May 
 
[Received] the Sheriffs cost 
in this case. 
[signed] T. Livingston DS 
 
[Received] my fee in this case 
[signed] Henry Wyche 696 
 
[Received] my fee 
[signed] J. Smith 
 
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No 56. Jones 
Inferior Court 
July Term 1821 
Benjamin May 
vs 
William Walden  
 
Fifa 
on 
Mortgage 
 
 
principal  750000 
interest to 31st 167:54 
January 1821 
 
Witte interest on 
[principal] till paid 
 
Atto 4:00 
Clerk 1:25 
 5:25 
This fifa 0:62 1/2 
Shff's levy 1:87 1/2 
advert.  2:50 
  10-25 
 
Smith