Bill of sale: Joseph Hodge

Sheriff Joseph Hodge made a bill of sale involving John Allison, who owed William Armistead’s estate.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Joseph Hodge (printed JOSEPH HODGE), Sheriff of Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

17 October 1795

Proved

November 1795 court

Witness

John Kelly

In the records of enslaved people

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

Also named

John Allison (of town of Hillsborough; in debt to estate); William Armistead (estate)

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 300.
• 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).