Enslaved Persons Named: John, Cloe
On 2 December 1846, Richard F. Baker, Liberty County, and Michael Dorsey [or Darsey], Chatham County, stood as guarantors for a $1500 bond by James F. Baker guaranteeing that he would answer the summons to appear at the next term of the Superior Court. To secure the bond, James F. Baker mortgaged to them a 400-acre tract of land on Colonel’s Island, bounded on the north by the Medway River, east by salt marsh, south by Roswell King and west by Mrs. A.C. Hart’s land “with the following negro slaves viz. John and his wife Cloe [alt: Chloe]…” [NOTE: The reason why James F. Baker was to appear before the Court was not specified.] Witnessed by Newman Bradley, J.S. Bradwell, Clerk. Recorded on February 5, 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 M, pp. 562-3. Image #331 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-572C?i=330&cat=292358)