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.
