Bill of sale: Booth Perry to Bernard Major

Booth Perry sold Bernard Major his interest in three unnamed enslaved people held by Agnes Perry, widow of Peter Perry.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Booth Perry (printed BOOTH PERRY), of Granville Co., N.C.

Dated

17 June 1763

Proved

August 1784 court

To

Bernard Major (of Dinwiddie Co., Va.)

Witnesses

John Duke; John Bowie; Mary Bowie

Enslaved people not named

His right in three enslaved people now in the possession of Agnes Perry widow and relict of Peter Perry late of Dinwiddie Co., Va

In the records of enslaved people

• Patt, Sue, Ben (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Places

Granville Co., N.C.; Dinwiddie Co., Va.

Also named

Agnes Perry (widow and relict of Peter Perry); Peter Perry (late of Dinwiddie Co., Va.)

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 309.
• 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).