Deed of gift: Samuel Daniel to John Daniel

Samuel Daniel gave an unnamed enslaved girl to his son John Daniel for love.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Samuel Daniel (printed SAMUEL DANIEL)

Dated

17 February 1790

Proved

May 1790 court

To

John Daniel (his son)

Witnesses

Edward Trice; Robert T. Daniel

Enslaved people not named

1 enslaved girl

In the records of enslaved people

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

Reading note: Source duplicate on PDF75 omitted.

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 94.
• 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).