Enslaved People Named: Scipio
On March 26, 1811, John G. Baker, Liberty County, sold to James Powell, same place, guardian for Thomas Sumner Mell and Benjamin Mell sons of Thomas Mell Sr, for %485 “a negro fellow named Scipio about forty five years old.” Witnessed by Daniel M. Stewart, Edmund [or Edmond] Bacon. Richard F. Baker signed for John G. Baker. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 27, 1811.
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. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book G (1809-1816), p. 127. Image #364 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J964-Z?i=363&cat=292358)