Enslaved Persons Named: Hamlet
On April 11, 1828, Thomas Mallard, administrator of the estate of John Mallard, late of Liberty County, sold to William Q. Baker, same place, for $225 “a certain negro boy slave named Hamlet, about twelve years old.” Witnessed by Edward Quarterman. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 17, 1828.
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. 294. Image #455 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSBS-9?i=454&cat=292358)