Bill of sale: Robert Scoby to Robert Tinnen

Robert Scoby sold an unnamed enslaved boy to Robert Tinnen.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

Robert Scoby (printed ROBERT SCOBY), of Orange Co., N.C.

Dated

13 November 1795

Proved

August 1796 court

To

ROBERT TINNEN (of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witnesses

Jo. Moore; William Fitch

Enslaved people not named

One enslaved boy

In the records of enslaved people

• Dick (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 83.
• 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).