Enslaved Persons Named: Will, Phillis, Kate, Harriet, Lavinia, Will, Rose [or Rosa], Patty, Charles
On April 20, 1843, W.T.E. Baker, Liberty County, put into trust for his wife Lydia E.Q. Baker, through her trustee John S. Andrews, “the following negro slaves (viz) Will, Phillis, Kate, Harriet, Lavinia, Will, Rose [or Rosa], Patty & Charles…” He stated that it was to “protect his said wife Lydia so far as human prudence can do so from the unforeseen calamities to which all men are liable,” and named Andrews, the trustee, as his brother-in-law. Witnessed by W.E.W. Quarterman, Jacob Thiess, D. Zoucks, J.P. Recorded on May 29, 1843, by E. Way, Clk.
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. M-N 1842-1854,” Record Book M, pp. 104. Image #79 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-5492?i=78)