Tom, servant of Rev. J. S. Baker

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records. 

Shiloh Baptist Church Minute Extracts 

April 1st, 1848

The Baptist Church at Shiloh met in conference, brother J. Howell Moderator. 1st Invited visiting brethren to seats with us. 2nd Opened the door for the reception of members. None came forward. 3rd Called for references, the reference with regard to brother Wm. Sanders application for membership in this church. Was taken up agreed to lay over the case for our next conference. On Sunday the 6 of March the church met in conference at the water and received Tom a black man servant of Rev. J. S. Baker. The committee appointed to wait on brother Porter report that they have discharged their duty and brother Porter informed them that he had not received a letter of dismission. No further business, conference closed.

J. Howell, Moderator

Reference

Church records, 1839-1859, Greene County, Georgia, Shiloh Baptist Church Records, image 70 of 122; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34J-3QX5?cat=193117 (free registration required).