| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph B. Cherry Jr. | Male | other | ||
| Mrs. Celia Walton | Female | grantor | ||
| Jane Cherry | Female | grantee | ||
| [not stated] | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
Deed in Trust, Indenture. Joseph B. Cherry, Jr. owes Willie Gillams $545.62. Cherry also borrowed $310 from the Bank of North Carolina, Windsor Branch, with Gillams as one of the sureties. To secure his debts, Joseph Cherry, Jr. puts his interest in a tract of land, and his interest in “certain negro slaves” in Trust with Gillams, and Gillams is allowed to sell as much of the property as necessary to pay off the debt to him. Description of the land is complicated, and it’s not clear to me that Cherry has possession of any of it, but that it might be assigned to him at some later time. The “negro slaves” are un-named and also not in Cherry’s possession, but he is putting in Trust his interest in the slaves “conveyed by Mrs. Celia Watson to Jane Cherry (Joseph Jr.’s mother”, but I think the slaves are still with Mrs. Watson at the time. This document was signed June 17, 1861, presented in Court January 11, 1862 and registered Marh 22, 1862, No personal information about the enslaved, or even their number are in the document.
