Enslaved Persons Named: Jeffery, Jim, Toby, Bella, Betty, Patty, Diana, Caty, Sam, Will, Betty, Elsy, Dick, Rosanna, Sally, Prince
On April 19, 1824, Joseph S. Baker, Liberty County, sold to John O. Baker, Liberty County, for $4000 “sixteen negro slaves, whose names are as follows: Jeffery, Jim, Toby, Bella, Betty, Patty, Diana & her four children: namely, Caty, Sam, Will & Betty; also Elsy, & her children, Dick, Rosanna, Sally and Prince; being in all three men, five women & eight children.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] Robarts, Wm. [William] Osgood. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on January 19, 1826.
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. 156. Image #380 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSB1-5?i=379&cat=292358)