Sally was listed in the register as "bright mulatto" and 5 feet 3.5 inches tall. In Common Law Book D, her appearance was described in the same manner. Later in Common Law Book D, Sally's case against Joseph R. King was documented with regard to debt.
Sarah Betts' will requested that the family of Claiborne and Anne, as well as their infant Sally Betts, are granted the option of freedom or remaining with the family at the risk of being sold. This was a first step in the manumission of the Scott family.
Sarah Betts's will passed on her "mulatto" girl, Betty and her future increases, to Sally Betts (or her brother if Sarah was deceased). When an enslaved person and their "future increases" are bequeathed to an enslaver. That is to say that that enslaved individuals children and their children's children would be bequeathed to Sally Betts Jones.