Orange County Indexed
Bill of sale: Henry (x) White to William Nash
Will Book B, page 211 · dated 21 August 1793 · proved February 1793
Henry White sold Kesiah and her daughter Lucy, who were enslaved, to William Nash.
- Kind of paper
- Bill of sale
- Made by
- Henry (x) White (printed HENRY (x) WHITE)
- Dated
- 21 August 1793
- Proved
- February 1793 court
- A second reading
- As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Check the will book to settle it.
- To
- William Nash
- Enslaved people named
- Kesiah (to William Nash)
- Lucy (her daughter; to William Nash)
- In the records of enslaved people
- Kesiah, Lucy (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation)
Reading note: Shields questions the date of writing (21 Aug 1793 ?), which falls after the date proved (Feb 1793).
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 211.
- 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).
