John Campbell to William Sparkman

The deed

Kind of deed

Deed of trust or mortgage

Date

30 July 1821

From

John Campbell

To

William Sparkman

Land

1. Tract 1: 733 acres
   Waterways: on Back Creek
   Neighbors: Joseph Armstrong; John Walker; John Pickett; Joseph Hodge

Also conveyed

household & kitchen furniture, 6 beds, steads and clothing, 1 clock, 1 China press walnut, 1 cedar desk, 1 walnut bureau, 2 walnut tables, 1 marble slab and stand, 1 pair large mirrors, 1 ditto walnut frame, two small mirrors, 1 mahogany stand, 1 doz windsor chairs with my library consisting of about 50 volumes; 1 gig and harness, 1 wagon & gear, 2 bay carriage horses Hector & Collector, 1 ditto wagon, 1 ditto mare; 25 head of sheep, also 2 stills of 120 & 80 gallons capacity, with worms, distillery stands and all other articles belonging to the distillery and mill with all articles appertaining thereto, with farm

Enslaved people named

Matt; Yak; Fanny; Washington; Marace; Jackson; Dill; Alfred; Esther; Jude; Warren; Lucinda; Tom; Classy; Rachel

Citation

ODB 19/204
See the deed book page at the Register of Deeds →
A page can hold several deeds, and a long deed can run onto the next page.
Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40010, “Record of Deeds, 1821-1824, Vols. 19, 20” (State Archives film).

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 19 (look for ODB 19/204). Our record above is drawn from it.

Notes for researchers

• Part of the abstract is unclear or incomplete.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Mortgage, 30 July 1821, naming Matt, Yak, Fanny, Washington and 11 others