Deed: Henry Edwards, Sr. to John Edwards

Henry Edwards conveyed an unnamed enslaved boy to John Edwards.

Kind of paper

Deed

Made by

Henry Edwards, Sr. (printed HENRY EDWARDS, SR.)

Dated

10 April 1826

Proved

May 1826 court

To

JOHN EDWARDS (of Chatham Co., N.C.)

Witnesses

Henry Edwards, Jr.; Isaac Durham

Enslaved people not named

An enslaved boy

In the records of enslaved people

• Charles (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 E, page 112.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 120.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).