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Bill of sale: Vincent Peter Williamson to Charles Holeman

Will Book B, page 84 · dated 25 February 1790

Vincent Peter Williamson sold Charles Holeman town lots, a dwelling, an unnamed enslaved woman, a gray horse and other property.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
Vincent Peter Williamson (printed VINCENT PETER WILLIAMSON), of town of Hillsborough, N.C.
Dated
25 February 1790
To
Charles Holeman (of Caswell Co., N.C.)
Witnesses
William Cumming; Will Rountree
Enslaved people not named
One enslaved woman
In the records of enslaved people
  • Philis (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)
Deeds that cite this paper
Deed Book 4, page 365
Land
Lots #70, 71, 89, 90, dwelling house
Money and goods
gray horse, etc.
Places
Hillsborough, N.C.; Caswell Co., N.C.

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 84.
  • 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).
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