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Deed: William Faucette to Ralph Faucette

Will Book D, page 413 · dated 28 November 1814 · proved November 1814

William Faucette conveyed an unnamed enslaved girl and child to Ralph Faucette.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
William Faucette (printed WILLIAM FAUCETTE)
Dated
28 November 1814
Proved
November 1814 court
To
RALPH FAUCETTE
Witness
Philip Walker
Enslaved people not named
An enslaved girl and child
In the records of enslaved people
  • Winney (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 D, page 413.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 61.
  • 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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