Enslaved Persons Named: Mary, Ben, Cato, Maria, Celia, Chloe
On March 7, 1825, Richard S. Baker, Liberty County, used as collateral on a promissory note for $805.37 to Uriah Wilcox, same county, “a certain female slave named Mary & her three children named Ben, Cato & Maria, & another female slave named Celia, & one named Chloe about seven years of age, together with the future increase of the females.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 10, 1825.
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. 124. Image #364 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSB2-5?i=363&cat=292358)