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William Henry Leeks

Name: William Henry Leeks

Affiliation: Union

Unit:

Race: African American

Owner's Name: Daniel Baker

Place of Birth/Residence: Buckeystown, Frederick County, MD

Enlistment Date: n/a

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes

Notes:

Manumission recorded 04/04/1864; Manumission records have owner signed as "Daniel Baker of F."


Source(s):

Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 285; Frederick County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber JWLC 1, pages 337, 338.

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