Bill of sale: John Trousdale to Joseph Allison

John Trousdale sold an unnamed enslaved person to Joseph Allison.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Trousdale (printed JOHN TROUSDALE)

Dated

12 August 1797

Proved

August 1799 court

To

Joseph Allison

Witness

John Campbell

Enslaved people not named

One enslaved person

In the records of enslaved people

• Jess (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 145.
• 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).