Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Ben, Cato, Mariah, Mary
On April 5, 1824, Richard S. Baker, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note of $558.78 to Uriah Wilcox, Liberty County, “a certain female slave named Mary, & her four chilren, named Ben, Cato, Mariah & Mary, with the future increase of the females…” Witnessed by J.D. Hathaway, Thos. [Thomas] Hathaway. 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. 87. Image #345 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSRW-6?i=344&cat=292358)