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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Baker/Baker)

Enslaved Persons Named: Nanny, Stephen, Crafford

On February 8, 1831, Richard S. Baker gifted to his wife Ann Baker, via her trustee William Spencer, “two certain negro slaves, Nanny and her child Stephen Crafford, together with Nanny’s future issue or increase. To have and to hold the said negro woman Slave Nanny, her child Stephen or Crafford [alt: Crawford].” Witnessed by Robert Wheeler, Thos. [Thomas] Bacon Sen. Probated by Robert Wheeler before Liberty County Inferior Court Justice W.E.W. Quarterman on October 4, 1847. Recorded on October 20, 1847, by J.S. Bradwell, Clerk. 

Source:  Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. M-N 1842-1854,” Record Book N, pp. 11. Image #416 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5WRT?i=415&cat=292358)