| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben Sutherland | Male | other | ||
| Sidnia Maxwell | Female | grantor | ||
| Emeline Sutherland | Female | grantee | ||
| Clearits | """girl""" | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| Clearits | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
Bill of Sale”, but actually a gift. Sidnia Maxwell gives to her Grandaughter Emeline “the Girl Clearits my slave the younger of that name together with all her increase…” This document was signed May 27, 1853, presented in Court August 1853, and registered September 13, 1853. The four documents are on a microfilm roll that contains Ashe County Books P and R, at Image 461, in the “R” section of that archive.
