Bill of sale: Samuel Guthrie to Edward Trice

Samuel Guthrie made a bill of sale to Edward Trice.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Samuel Guthrie (printed SAMUEL GUTHRIE), of Gloucester Co., Va.

Dated

As printed: “Dated 8 October, no year given”

To

Edward Trice (of Orange County and State of Virginia)

Witnesses

John Butler; A. Tatom

In the records of enslaved people

• Amey (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 366.
• 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).