Bill of sale: Timothy Cain to Mary Cain

Timothy Cain made a bill of sale to Mary Cain.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Timothy Cain (printed TIMOTHY CAIN)

Dated

20 February 1781

Proved

August 1781 court

To

MARY CAIN

Witnesses

Jno. Kelley; Jno. Cabe

In the records of enslaved people

• Ishmel, Olafar (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Reading note: Subject of this separate bill of sale not stated; no enslaved people inferred from preceding item.

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 212.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).