Bond: Asa Blake

Asa Blake issued a bond concerning James Blake’s security for him to the administrators of Benjamin and Jones Blake.

Kind of paper

Bond

Made by

Asa Blake (printed ASA BLAKE), of Wake County

Dated

25 November 1785

Witness

Jno. G. Rencher

In the records of enslaved people

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

Also named

James Blake (standing security for Asa Blake); Benjamin; Jones Blake

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 365.
• 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).