Deed of gift: Thomas Cates to Thomas Cates

Thomas Cates gave an unnamed enslaved boy to his son Thomas Cates.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Thomas Cates (printed THOMAS CATES), State of North Carolina, Newberry District

Dated

29 November 1802

Proved

February 1803 court

To

Thomas Cates (his son; of Orange County, N.C.)

Witnesses

James S. Gilliam; Thos. Wadlington; Archibell Durham

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved boy

In the records of enslaved people

• Sam (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 84.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 13.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).