Orange County Indexed
Bill of sale: George Doherty to James Hogg
Will Book B, page 87 · dated 2 January 1790 · proved February 1790
George Doherty made a bill of sale to James Hogg, guardian for Polly Burke.
- Kind of paper
- Bill of sale
- Made by
- George Doherty (printed GEORGE DOHERTY), of Orange Co., N.C.
- Dated
- 2 January 1790
- Proved
- February 1790 court
- To
- James Hogg (Esq.; of Orange Co., N.C.)
- Guardian
- James Hogg (guardian for Polly Burke)
- Witnesses
- Theopilus Thompson; Wm. Comb; Walter Alves
- In the records of enslaved people
- a hired Negro (not named) (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)
- Also named
- Polly Burke
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 87.
- 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).
