Orange County Indexed

Sheriff's or court sale, 27 October 1823

The sheriff sold Jesse, a child of about 13, as the property of Thomas Hunt; Thomas Ruffin was the buyer.

Date: 27 October 1823
Record: Sheriff's or court sale
Citation: Orange County Deed Book 21/54
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From: Thomas Hunt
To: Thomas Ruffin
Note: UNC Greensboro’s People Not Property catalog dates this deed 15 November 1823. UNC Greensboro’s People Not Property catalog gives different parties and names for this book and page; check the deed image.

People named

Name as recorded	Age	Notes
Jesse	about 13

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The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: Thomas Hunt by Sheriff to Thomas Ruffin, 27 October 1823
Thomas Ruffin, a party to this record

Sheriff's or court sale, 2 December 1823ODB 21/53JesseThomas Hunt to Thomas Ruffin

Records on the same deed-book page, or that refer to one another. Some are copies of the same document recorded twice.

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.21.54.1.
People Not Property, UNC Greensboro, catalog entry NC.ORG.21.54.2 (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.