Enslaved Persons Named: Moses, Niger, Milly, Harry, Mary
On October 10, 1822, John O. Baker, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $1500 to Uriah Wilcox, attorney for Mrs. Clarissa Hoadley, residing in Connecticut, “two male slaves, named Moses & Niger & a female slave named Milly, & her two children named Harry & Mary, together with the increase of the females,” as well as six lots of land in Riceborough, Liberty County, lots #3, 4, 5, on the Gravesend side of Main Street, and lots #31, 32, 33 situated behind the other lands, each containing 50 feet wide and 75 feet deep. Witnessed by Wm. [William] Robarts, Thos. [Thomas] J. Shepard. Shepard probated the deed on November 7, 1822. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on November 28, 1822.
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. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book I, 1822-1831, pp. 16-7. Image #309 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRL-X?i=308&cat=292358)