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Bill of sale: William Bussick, Sr. to William Bussick Jr.

Will Book D, page 244 · dated 24 February 1808 · proved May 1809

William Bussick sold a sorrel mare, cow and calf to William Bussick Jr. for sixty dollars.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
William Bussick, Sr. (printed WILLIAM BUSSICK, SR.)
Dated
24 February 1808
Proved
May 1809 court
To
William Bussick Jr.
Witnesses
Elizabeth Bussick; Catherine (x) Bussick
Money and goods
$60; a sorrel mare and cow and calf

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 D, page 244.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 39.
  • 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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