Bill of sale: William Shepperd to John Williams

William Shepperd sold an unnamed enslaved person to John Williams.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

William Shepperd (printed WILLIAM SHEPPERD)

Dated

1 March 1788

To

John Williams (Esq. of Chatham County)

Witness

S. Pinto

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved person

In the records of enslaved people

• Mary, Amy (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 377.
• 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).