Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Gorrell | grantor | |||
Robert Gorrell | grantee | |||
Rose | Black ("negro") | enslaved | ||
Bill | Black ("negro") | enslaved |
Know all men by these presents that I Margaret Gorrell of the county of Guilford and state of NC - For and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained sold and delivered to Robert Gorrell of the county and state aforesaid one Negro girl named Rose aged nineteen years and her child Bill aged eighteen months. Which two Negroes I the said Margaret Gorrell do by these presents warrant and defend to the said Robert Gorrell his heirs, and assigns, administrators, or executors forever. In testimony of which I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal this 12th day of May 1825.