Enslaved Persons Named: Bob, Affy, John, Tony, Moses, Harry, Betsey
On February 13, 1824, Joseph S. Baker, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note for $900 to Uriah Wilcox, also of Liberty County, “the following negroes, viz a male slave named Bob, & a female slave named Affy [alt: Affee], & her five children, named John, Tony, Moses, Harry & Betsey [alt: Betsy], together with the increase of the females.” If Baker were to default, “I do hereby agree, for myself, my heirs & assigns, that the above named slaves shall be taken & exposed to public sale, by the said Wilcox, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, to meet the payment of said note…” Witnessed by John ?McDevitt? And Rodney Pease. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 5, 1824.
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, p. 85-6. Image #344-5 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSR7-V?i=343&cat=292358)