Enslaved People Named: Jack
“To W.E.W. Quarterman Esq. Dear Sir, I am desirous that the negro man Jack who is a part and portion of the trust estate under your chrage should be sold in order to discharge certain debts which have necessarily accumulated in procuring a support for my family. Your attention to the same will much oblige. Respectfully, E.G. Baker. Hinesville, April 15, 1851. Attest: John S. Norman. J.S. Bradwell, C.S.C.L.C.”
Appended to this deed was a bill of sale containing a reference to the February 25, 1848, trust created by Richard F. Baker for his wife Elizabeth Baker, in the charge of trustee W.E.W. Quarterman. It was noted that the trust contained “certain negro slaves together with other property,” including Jack, and that property from the trust could be sold if requested by Elizabeth Baker. Accordingly, W.E.W. Quarterman, the trustee, sold to Moses W. Way for $600 “said negro slave Jack a man about forty five years of age…” Witnessed by John S. Norman, J.S. Bradwell, C.S.C.L.C. Recorded on April 16, 1851.
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. 355-6. Image #598-9 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5HMT?i=597&cat=292358)