Enslaved Persons Named: Tom
On February 22, 1848, Richard F. Baker, Liberty County, gifted to his son W.E.W.Q. Baker, “one certain mulatto boy slave by the name of Tom, about six years of age.” Witnessed by John E. Mann, S.A. Fraser, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded by John E. Fraser, D.C.L.C., on July 2, 1849.
[NOTE: Name originally seen and posted as “R.S.W. Baker.” Corrected to “W.E.W.Q. Baker” on 8/1/2021.]
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. 181. Image #501 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5HT9?i=500&cat=292358)