Orange County Indexed

Deed (sale or gift not stated), 26 November 1797

Conveyed seven people from Robert Bell to William Shepherd: Davie, Fann, Doll, Suzy, Hester, a second Fann, and Sophia.

Date: 26 November 1797
Record: Deed (sale or gift not stated)
Citation: Orange County Deed Book 6/222
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From: Robert Bell
To: William Shepherd

People named

Name as recorded	Age	Notes
Davie
Fann
Doll
Suzy		Also read as Lucy (UNCG’s reading)
Hester
Fann
Sophia

Each name links to every record naming someone of that name. Family ties are listed only where the record states them.

The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: Robert Bell to William Shepherd, 26 November 1797

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.6.222.1.

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