Deed of gift: Stephen Kirk to Jesse Kirk

Stephen Kirk gave two unnamed enslaved people to his son Jesse Kirk.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Stephen Kirk (printed STEPHEN KIRK)

Dated

22 October 1783

Proved

November 1784 court

To

Jesse Kirk (his son)

Witnesses

Wm. Kirk; Lewis Kirk; Jesse (x) Brown

Enslaved people not named

Two enslaved people

In the records of enslaved people

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

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 301.
• 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).