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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Deed of Gift (Baker/Baker)

Enslaved Persons Named: Rose, Charles, Patty, Phillis, Will Phoebe, Harriet, Levinia [alt: Lavinia], Kate, Will, Phillis, William, London

On July 20, 1842, W.T.E. Baker gifted to L.E.Q. Baker, with John S. Andrews as the trustee,  “the following named slaves viz Rose, Charles, Patty, Phillis, Will Phoebe, Harriet, Levinia [alt: Lavinia], Kate, Will, Phillis, William, London.” Witnessed by Hansford Andrews, J.E. McCall, E.Q. Andrews, J.P. Recorded on May 16, 1846, by J.S. Bradwell, Clerk. [NOTE: W.T.E. Baker is William Thomas E. Baker, who was married to Lydia Quarterman Andrews Baker, who is L.E.Q. Baker. In 1843, there was another deed in which Baker put into trust for Lydia  “the following negro slaves (viz) Will, Phillis, Kate, Harriet, Lavinia, Will, Rose [or Rosa], Patty & Charles…” See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5492?i=78] 

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 M, pp. 457. Image #269 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-533S?i=268&cat=292358)