Bill of sale: John Gregory to Francis Child

John Gregory and Peter Burton sold an unnamed enslaved boy aged fourteen to Francis Child.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Gregory (printed JOHN GREGORY)

Dated

12 October 1792

To

FRANCIS CHILD (MRS.)

Witness

John Casey

Enslaved people not named

One enslaved boy, 14 years old

In the records of enslaved people

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

Money and goods

160 Spanish dollars

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 8.
• 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).