| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Wallace | Male | other | ||
| John Wallis | Male | other | ||
| Priscilla Dorabush | Female | grantor | ||
| Richard Gentry | Male | grantee | ||
| """five negros""" | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
Sale of part of an estate, but called Power of Attorney. Priscilla Dorabush of Johnson County, TN, sells her share of an inherited estate to Richard Gentry. The estate of “Edward Wallace, late of Caster County, TN…consists of five negros, some lands as well as an interest in the estate of John Wallis of the state of Georgia…” Gentry paid $360 for this piece of Priscilla Dorabush’s inheritance. This document was signed May 6, 1837, presented in Court November 1845 and registered December 22, 1845.
