Bill of sale: Philip Pendleton to James G. Hunt

Philip Pendleton sold James G. Hunt an unnamed enslaved person then held by Henry Thompson.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Philip Pendleton (printed PHILIP PENDLETON)

Dated

21 July 1786

Proved

November 1786 court

To

James G. Hunt

Witness

Henry Thompson

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved person, now in possession of Henry Thompson

In the records of enslaved people

• Doll (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 373.
• 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).