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Mortgage: Thomas Connally to John McCawley

Will Book C, page 102 · dated 3 February 1796 · proved August 1797

Thomas Connally mortgaged Jack, an enslaved man, to John McCawley.

Kind of paper
Mortgage
Made by
Thomas Connally (printed THOMAS CONNALLY)
Dated
3 February 1796
Proved
August 1797 court
In the court minutes
To
John McCawley
Witnesses
George Johnston; Alexander Borland
Enslaved people named
  • Jack (to John McCawley)
In the records of enslaved people

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 C, page 102.
  • 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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