Enslaved Persons Named: John, George, Mingo, Buck, Minda, Adam, Cato, Lucy, Old Mariah, Little Mariah, Will, Sally
On June 11, 1840, James F. Baker, Liberty county, used as collateral on a promissory note of $400 to Noble A. Harden “the following named Negro slaves being twelve in number, to wit, John, George, Mingo, Buck, Minda, Adam, Cato, Lucy, Old Mariah, Little Mariah, Will and Sally, and the future issue and increase of the females,” in addition to a 450-acre tract of land on Colonels’ Island in Liberty County known as Butterfield’s Point, bounded north by the Midway River, east by salt marshes, south by lands of Audley Maxwell, and west by lands of Mrs. Ann Hart, the buildings on the land, and cattle, etc. Witnessed by Henry Harper, Wm. C. Wyley, J.P. Recorded on June 29, 1840, by E. Way, Clerk. [NOTE: Written on this deed was “Satisfied Sav June 1846. N.A. Harden. Recorded 20 May 1849, 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. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 226-7. Image #441-2 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9L8-3?i=440&cat=292358)