Bill of sale: Samuel Daniel to John Daniel

Samuel Daniel sold an unnamed enslaved woman and her infant to John Daniel.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Samuel Daniel (printed SAMUEL DANIEL), of Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

12 September 1797

Proved

February 1798 court

In the court minutes

• Deed proved, February 1798 term

To

John Daniel

Witnesses

Thomas Trice; Robert T. Daniel

Enslaved people not named

Enslaved woman and her sucking child

In the records of enslaved people

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

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 105.
• 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).