Bill of sale: Sarah (x) Murrell to Robert Tinnen

Sarah Murrell sold an unnamed enslaved girl to Robert Tinnen.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Sarah (x) Murrell (printed SARAH (x) MURRELL), of the county of Orange, N.C., late of the State of Virginia, Granville Co.

Dated

16 August 1797

Proved

February 1789 court

A second reading

As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Check the will book to settle it.

In the court minutes

• Deed proved, February 1798 term

To

Robert Tinnen (of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witnesses

Thomas Armstrong; John Paul

Enslaved people not named

One enslaved girl

In the records of enslaved people

• Jinsey (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 106.
• 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).