| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph H. Etheridge | Male | trustee of grantor | ||
| William J. Sutton | Male | trustee of grantor | ||
| John A. Benbury | Male | trustee of grantor | ||
| David Outlaw | Male | grantor | ||
| Sheriff A. H. Hassell | Male | grantee | ||
| Mary | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Olive | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Nelson | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Martin | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Mary Bet | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Bryant | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
Bill of Sale. The David Outlaw Trust sells six enslaved people to A.H. Hassell. Hassell also is Bertie County Sheriff, but this is a personal transaction, not official. The enslaved are “young negro woman named Mary aged about 20” and “Olive and her four children – Nelson, Martin, Mary Bet and Bryant”. Total sale price is $4076. David Outlaw’s human property had been placed in trust with the three men identified as “trustees of grantor”, about a month previous. See NC.BER.MM.129.1, which establishes the trust, where 70+ of David Outlaw’s enslaved are listed. On that list, Olive’s name is followed by, in order: Emma, Roden, Nelson, Martin, Penny, Mary Bet, Bryant. Since four of these people are identified as Olive’s children in this document, I strongly suspect that Emma, Roden and Penny are also. Roden was sold in NC.BER.MM.193.1. The document was dated February 7, 1861 and presented in February 1861 Court.
