Bill of Sale (Baisden/Baker)

On May 2, 1826, “a certain negro girl slave named Sary, about fifteen years old, the property of the said Josiah Baisden” was sold to Ann E. Mara for $280. Sary had been seized from her home by Liberty County Deputy Sheriff Edward Way, and sold at public auction on May 2, 1826, at the Riceborough Courthouse in Liberty County to satisfy a judgment obtained against Baisden by Ann E. Mara, the administrator of the estate of Morgan Mara. Hathaway was the highest bidder, but was actually the attorney in fact for Ann E. Mara. On the same day, John D. Hathaway transferred ownership of Sary to “William W. Baker, guardian of Mary C. Winn, orphan of Benjamin B. Winn deceased.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 4, 1826.