MARGARET JANE BAKER OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH SELLS "ONE CERTAIN NEGRO MAN NAMED JERRY- OF BLACK COMPLEXION, AGED ABOUT THIRTY SIX YEARS AND A SLAVE FOR LIFE," TO STEPHEN RICHARDS OF ST. HELENA PARISH, ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1863, FOR $1,250.00. SIGNED BY BAKER [PER SAML ANDERSON, ON HER BEHALF AND WITH HER MARK, "BEING ILLITERATE"], RICHARDS, WITNESSES LEVI SPILLER AND CHARLES W. GEORGE, AND NOTARY PUBLIC WARREN A. GRICE.
Amite City, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana: 1863 [26 September]. [4] pp, entirely in the Notary's ink manuscript on blue paper. Two separate leaves, each 7-1/2" x 12." Docketed on page [4], and filed with the Parish Recorder on 9 November 1863. Old folds, light wear, Very Good. St. Helena Parish..... More