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| Nancy Wooten to Council Wooten - Bill of Sale |
Note: For this transcription, I've added punctuation and standardized capitalization and some spelling to make the document easier to read. Any additional changes or notes appear in [ ]. I've formatted references to enslaved individuals in bold.
Nancy Wooten to Council Wooten
Received the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, of Council Wooten of the State of No. Carolina & County of Craven, the sum of two hundred & seventy-five dollars in full consideration for a certain negro girl by the name of Hannah, about fourteen years of age, which negro I will, as well for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, will and truly warrant and forever defend unto the said Counsell [Council] Wooten, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, against the lawful claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever. Witness my hand and seal the date before mentioned.
Nancy Wooten [seal mark]
Signed, sealed and
delivered in presence of
William Wooten
February Term 1826. The above Bill of Sale from Nancy Wooten to Council Wooten was then proven in open court by the oath of William Wooten, a witness thereto. Ordered to be registered.
Attest. James Sheppard, Clerk
Image source: Family Search. North Carolina, Pitt County, record of deeds, 1762-1946; index to deeds, 1762-1952. Another filming of v. B-V, AA-QQ (continued). Film #007517642. Image 103.
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