Bill of sale: John Billups to John Scott

John Billups and Richard K. Carroll sold an unnamed enslaved woman and her child to John Scott.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Billups (printed JOHN BILLUPS)

Dated

30 July 1791

Proved

November 1793 court

To

John Scott

Witnesses

John Ray; George Ray

Enslaved people not named

For 1 enslaved person and her child

In the records of enslaved people

• Lear (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 247.
• 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).