Deed of gift: Sarah Morgan to Hardy Morgan

Sarah Morgan gave son Hardy Morgan four unnamed enslaved people, money, livestock and household furnishings.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Sarah Morgan (printed SARAH MORGAN), of Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

15 January 1780

Proved

August 1784 court

To

Hardy Morgan (son; of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witnesses

Claud Bailey; Thomas Bailey

Enslaved people not named

Four enslaved people

In the records of enslaved people

• Rash, Pharoah, Jude, Roze (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Money and goods

money; stock; household furnishings

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 310.
• 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).