Bill of sale: Peter Burton to Abraham Thompson

Peter Burton sold an unnamed enslaved girl to Abraham Thompson.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Peter Burton (printed PETER BURTON), of Mecklenburg Co., Va.

Dated

24 August 1791

Proved

May 1792 court

To

Abraham Thompson (of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witness

John Thompson

Enslaved people not named

For 1 enslaved girl

In the records of enslaved people

• Jude (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 224.
• 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).