Deed: John Edwards to Margaret Edwards and others

John Edwards conveyed an unnamed enslaved person to friend Margaret Edwards, then to her son Henry Edwards after her death.

Kind of paper

Deed

Made by

John Edwards (printed JOHN EDWARDS)

Dated

14 June 1785

To

Margaret Edwards (friend); Henry Edwards (her son; at her death)

Witnesses

John Durrum; Sarah Durrum

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved person

In the records of enslaved people

• Locos? (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 367.
• 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).