[001] 
 
Georgia 
Hancock County 
 
Know all men by these presents that I 
Frederick E. Brooking of the County & State aforesaid 
of the one part, & William P. Haynes of the County of 
Washington & state aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth 
that we have exchanged the following negro slaves 
to wit, Gabriel a man about twenty one years old 
held, owned, & possessed by the said Frederick E. for a man 
named Hartwell about forty years of age, held, owned, 
& possessed by the said William P. he the said Willian P. 
paying the sum of fifty dollars as a fair & equitable 
difference in their value, the receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged. - Now the said Frederick E. doth has 
gain, release, alieu, exchange, dispose of, & convey to the 
said William P. all right, title, & claim whatever to 
the said Negro man Gabriel, to the said William P. 
his heirs, assigns, executors, and administrators, to have & 
to hold against him the said Frederick E. his heirs 
assigns, executors & administrators, & against the claim 
or claims of all other persons forever. In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this 
seventeenth of January in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred & thirty four. 
  [signed] F E Brooking 
 
signed, sealed, and 
delivered in presence of 
 
[signed] William G Lewis 
 
 
[002] 
 
F. E. Brooking 
to  
W. P. Haynes