Enslaved Persons Named: Venus, Diana, James, Little June, Jack, Old June
On January 23, 1827, Thomas Baker, used as collateral on a promissory note for $1000 to Thomas Mallard, both of them of Liberty County. Baker was using the note to pay off his share of the debts due by the estate of his late father Thomas Baker Sen., and to secure the note, used the following “negro slaves, together with the future issue of the females; namely, Venus, Diana, James, Little June, Jack, Old June.” Witnessed by Wm. [William] Wilson. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on March 30, 1827.
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. 219. Image #411 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBW-D?i=410&cat=292358)