James Watson estate by executor to James Watson & Rebecca Watson & John Watson & Robert Watson & James Riley & A Watson & John McDaniel

The deed

Kind of deed

Transfer of enslaved people

Date

23 August 1822

From

James Watson

To

James Watson; Rebecca Watson; John Watson; Robert Watson; James Riley; A Watson; John McDaniel

Acting as

executor

Enslaved people named

Hannah; Frank; Zackney; Sorry; Lydia; Ben; Nelly

Citation

ODB 20/285
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).

Reading notes: The names follow the county’s records of enslaved people; the published abstract reads Hannah, Frank, Zackney, Sorry, Lydia.

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 20 (look for ODB 20/285). Our record above is drawn from it.

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

• The record of the enslaved people in this deed: Division of an estate, 23 August 1822, naming Hannah, Frank, Zackney, Sorry and 3 others