Orange County Indexed

Deed (sale or gift not stated), 6 August 1808

Conveyed to Thomas Cate Jesse Cate's future share in the people Richard Cates had willed to his son Benjamin Cates for life and to his widow Milly Cates for life, later to be divided among Richard's children except Fanney Tapp.

Date: 6 August 1808
Record: Deed (sale or gift not stated)
Citation: Orange County Deed Book 13/414
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From: Jesse Cate
To: Thomas Cate
People whose names were not recorded: Negroes willed by Richard Cates to Benjamin Cates; other Negroes left to Milly Cates

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: Jesse Cate to Thomas Cate, 6 August 1808

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.13.414.1.

This page is drawn from abstracts and catalog entries, not from the original document. Before relying on it, check the deed book page.