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Bill of sale: Frances Child to Frances McKerrall

Will Book C, page 49 · dated 12 February 1793 · proved November 1794

Frances Child sold an unnamed enslaved woman to Frances McKerrall.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
Frances Child (printed FRANCES CHILD)
Dated
12 February 1793
Proved
November 1794 court
Family named
Francis Child (husband; deceased)
To
Frances McKerrall (Miss)
Witness
John McKerrall
Enslaved people not named
An enslaved woman
In the records of enslaved people
  • Judy (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 49.
  • 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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