Bill of sale: William G. Smith to Daniel May

William Smith sold unnamed enslaved people to Daniel May.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

William G. Smith (printed WILLIAM G. SMITH), of State of New York

Dated

12 August 1794

Proved

February 1795 court

To

DANIEL MAY (Senior)

Witnesses

Francis Nash; ...?.. Patterson

Enslaved people not named

Enslaved people

In the records of enslaved people

• Dianah, Sall (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 294.
• 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).