Baker Puss

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(396> Baker Puss -- Born 1760. Parents unknown. Residing at Nomony Hall in 1782, 1784 (tithable), 1785 (tithable), 1790, and 1791. Described as gardener in 1784, 1790, and 1791. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1795. Received certificate of emancipation in 1795. Carried message from Benjamin Dawson in Westmoreland County to Robert Carter in Baltimore in March 1797. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, Pt. 1, pp. 11, 23, and Pt. 2, Pp. 1, 18; U2d Book of Miscellanies," pp. 101-4; Nomony Hall Ledger "A b," P. 24; Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 10; Travis Jones's Inventory of Taxable Specific Articles at Nomony Hall, March 1, 1784, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 36 (Mssl C2468 52102), VHS; Westmoreland County Personal Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; Nomony Hail Journal, 1785-1787, P. 10; "List of Persons, to whom Certificates of Emancipation have been delivered, manumitted by Robert Carter," 1795, Nestmoreland County Court Papers, Box 82, VSA; Benjamin Dawson to Robert Carter III, March 15, 1797, C.F.P., 1651-1861, Sect. 22 (Mssl C2468 a323-350), VHS.
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