Bill of sale: Henry (x) White to William Nash

Henry White sold an unnamed enslaved girl to William Nash.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Henry (x) White (printed HENRY (x) WHITE), of Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

As printed: “No date”

Proved

February 1793 court

To

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

Witnesses

Michael Holt (Jr.); Robert Mitchell

Enslaved people not named

For 1 enslaved girl

In the records of enslaved people

• Sina (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 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).