Orange County Indexed
Deed (sale or gift not stated), 11 March 1761
Conveyed George Burrington's North Carolina estate, through his trustee, to John Guise: about fifty enslaved people along with very large Cape Fear River landholdings, livestock and debts owed to him.
- Date
- 11 March 1761
- Record
- Deed (sale or gift not stated)
- Citation
- Orange County Deed Book 2/22
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. - From
- George Burrington
- To
- John Guise
- People whose names were not recorded
- About fifty Negroes
- Note
- UNC Greensboro’s People Not Property catalog dates this deed 15 July 1755.
Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed
- The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: George Burrington by trustee to John Guise, 11 March 1761
Sources
- Orange County Register of Deeds, Expanded Collection of All Sales of Enslaved People in Orange County (2021), abstracts by Mark Chilton. This entry summarizes Chilton’s abstract. Orange County Indexed wrote the description.
- People Not Property, UNC Greensboro, catalog entry NC.ORG.2.22.1 (same deed-book page; the catalog’s date differs, so check that it is the same deed).
This page is drawn from abstracts and catalog entries, not from the original document. Before relying on it, check the deed book page.
