Deed of gift: Abner Nash to William Nash

Abner Nash gave an unnamed enslaved boy to William Nash.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Abner Nash (printed ABNER NASH), of Craven Co., N.C.

Dated

25 March 1791

Proved

August 1791 court

To

William Nash (of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witness

Andrew Murdock

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved boy

In the records of enslaved people

• Johney (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

In the paper’s words

“for love”

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 B, page 149.
• 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).