Deed: Athanisius Robison to Sarah Lindsay and others

Athanisius Robison conveyed unnamed enslaved people to granddaughter Sarah Lindsay, son Nathaniel Robison and daughter Mary Lindsay.

Kind of paper

Deed

Made by

Athanisius Robison (printed ATHANISIUS ROBISON)

Dated

25 May 1785

Proved

May 1785 court

To

Sarah Lindsay (granddaughter); Nathaniel Robison (son); Mary Lindsay (daughter)

Witnesses

Eli McDaniel; John Murry

Enslaved people not named

Enslaved people

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 353.
• 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).