William J. Flake's submission for the Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.
William J. Flake, entry for Biographical Encyclopedia, February 14, 1894, box 37, folder 13, CR 100 18, Biographical Sketches, 1891-2013, CHL
In 1851, his mother and family went with C. C. Rich and A. M. Lyman to settle San Bernardino. Previous to going she gave her negro slave Green Flake (one of the Pioneers of 1847) to the Church as tithing. He then worked two years in Pres Young <with his wife worked for> and Heber C. Kimball, and then got his liberty and settled near Union.