Bill of sale: John Fairman to Joseph Dixon

John Fairman sold two unnamed enslaved people to Joseph Dixon.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Fairman (printed JOHN FAIRMAN), of town of Hillsborough, Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

25 November 1794

To

Joseph Dixon

Witnesses

A. Tatom; Walter Alves

Enslaved people not named

For 2 enslaved people

In the records of enslaved people

• Janey, Clement (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 282.
• 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).