unknown, Baptist

Title: unknown, Baptist
Gender: Male
Biography: Baptist escaped in October, 1809 from Nelson County enslaver Walter Harris, while traveling on a "Kentucky boat" on the Ohio River. He fled along with his pregnant wife, Susan and a woman named Phoebe. Harris placed a newspaper ad offering a reward of $50 for the return of all three freedom seekers. They lost their pursuers on the Kentucky shore, somewhere near the Anderson Ferry and were spotted later in Xenia.
They were thought to be headed to Springfield, Ohio. Baptist was 20 years old at the time of the escape.
Birth date: circa 1787
Place of birth: Maryland
Spouse(s): unknown, Susan [20]
Participant in: 1809- Help on the Kentucky shore
Resided in: Nelson County (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation(s): "Fifty Dollars Reward, " Whig, Cincinnati, Oh., 8 November, 1809
Source(s): GenealogyBank.com

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