Bill of sale: Griscal McCallister to Mary Clark

Griscal McCallister made a bill of sale to Mary Clark.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Griscal McCallister (printed GRISCAL McCALLISTER)

Dated

25 March 1786

Proved

November 1786 court

To

Mary Clark

Witness

John Ray

In the records of enslaved people

• Feba (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 374.
• 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).