Bill of sale: John Elliff (Ellis ?) to Thomas Cole

John Elliff sold an unnamed enslaved person to Thomas Cole.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Elliff (Ellis ?) (printed JOHN ELLIFF (ELLIS ?))

Dated

20 November 1794

Proved

February 1795 court

To

Thomas Cole

Witnesses

Absolom Holt; Jeremiah Holt

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved person

In the records of enslaved people

• Jim (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Reading note: Source gives alternative surname ELLIS ?.

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 297.
• 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).