SLAVE
SALES & BOUNDS
(Generously
Transcribed
from the Barton Papers Microfilm Roll #258 by Sherida Dougherty, Thanks Sherida!)
I have this day sold unto William Ellis a negro buoy
named Dick for the sum of Two hundred and fifty Dollars, in the folowing
payments. One hundred and Thirty
Eight dollars in hand, and seventy dollars in Twelve months.
The above named buoy, I do sell unto the said William Ellis, as a slave
for life. The right and title of
said boy, I warrant and defend, unto the said William Ellis, his heirs and
assigns for ever give under my hand, and seal this seventh day of August, one
Thousand eight hundred and Twenty nine.
Isham T. Reese {seal}
Attest
Isaac Reese, Jr.
[On back]:
“I sell the within named buoy as a sound buoy at this time and that the
said buoy has been generally healthy during the time I have owned him, which has
been about eight-months given under my hand this 7th day of August
1829.
Isham T. Reese
Attest
Isaac Reese Jr.
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John E. McKee of Town Fal.
To} J45
– Mch 4, 1850
Mtg 550.00
Augustus Robbins
Bargain & sell one negro woman named
Easter, aged ab. 45 yrs. One negro boy named Vincent, age ab. 13 warranted to be
sound in body & mind.
John E. McKee
Attest Ralph Tomlinson
R. McCarty, Clk
To}Mtg
Oct 1, 1860
Joseph J. Brann
Negro girl named Ann of dark complexion, about 22 yrs old.
Ackd & recorded Oct. 1, 1860 T.E.
Moore Clk (of P.Co. Court)
Note this slave girl afterwards had a
child, and when it was about 2 yrs old, J.J. Brann bought suit against FM Fugate
to foreclose the Mtg on both the mother & child (Pkg 210 Cir. Clks Of)
A second Mtg on same slave to Thos S.
Brann, dated Dec 19, 1863; recorded in Mtg Bk A page 103.
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This affiant James C. Garrard says that it
is necessary for him to have bound unto him Sally Garrard a colored child aged
10 years because he says that if he is compelled to wait until next Term of the
Pendleton County Court to have said child bound to him that there is strong
probability that he will loose her and this he verily believes will be the case
if he is compelled to wait until said next Term he says that said child is in
his custody and that he is her former master.
Jas. C. Garrard
Sworn to before me by James C Garrard this
11th day of April 1867
W W Ireland P.J.P.C.
This affiant R.F. Garrard says that he and
his brother Thos L Garrard Jr. are in possession of infant negro children towit
Richard Garrard aged ten years and
George A Garrard aged six years
That the mother of said children is dead;
that he and his said brother are the late masters of said negroes – that he
has cause to believe and does believe that having them bound to him and his said
brother until the next Term of the Pendleton County Court that there is danger
of them losing said negroes – that he desires to have said negroes bound to
him and his said brother until they arrive at the ages of 21 and 18 years
respectively.
R. G. Garrard
Sworn to before me by RF Garrard this 13th
day of May 1867
W W Ireland P.J.P.C.
Filed May 13, 1867
Att JB Applegate Clk