Bill of sale: John Taylor to William Lytle and others

John Taylor sold a bay mare and seven unnamed enslaved people to William Lytle and Andrew Gibson.

Kind of paper

Bill of sale

Made by

John Taylor (printed JOHN TAYLOR), Esq. of Orange

Dated

23 February 1797

Proved

February 1797 court

In the court minutes

• Deed proved, February 1798 term

To

WILLIAM LYTLE (Esq.); ANDREW GIBSON

Enslaved people not named

Seven enslaved people

In the records of enslaved people

• Tom, Grace, Fillis, Daniel, Toney, George, Luce (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Money and goods

one bay mare

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 92.
• 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).