| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Daniel | Male | trustee of grantor | ||
| James Adderton | Male | security for owner | ||
| William Adderton | Male | owner | ||
| Massy | 22 | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
| Jacob | 40 | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
| Betsy | 50 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| Chaney's un-named child | """infant""" | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
| Chaney | adult | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| Davidson County Clerk and Master | creditor of owner | |||
| James Cameron | Male | creditor of owner |
Deed of Trust. William Adderton has several debts: $1338.49 for various court judgments against him, owed to the Davidson County Sheriff, paid by James Adderton; a $561.50 bond to James Adderton; $350 to the Davidson County Clerk and Master for land bought at public auction and $100 to James Cameron. All of these debts were either paid for directly by James Adderton, or he is the security for William Adderton. To protect James Adderton from financial liability, in this document William A. places into Trust with Travis Daniel “…the five following slaves to wit Jacob and his wife Betsy, Chaney and her child an infant and Massy…”, along with livestock, a wagon, crops in the field, etc. No further information about the enslaved, and “Jacob and his wife Betsy” is rare acknowledgement of a slave marriage. If William A. does not pay his debts by “1 June next” (1839?), Trustee Daniel is authorized to sell the enslaved and other named items. It sounds as if the sale will proceed, since William A. specifies that after the sale of assets, James Adderton, then the Clerk and Master, and then Cameron be paid in that order “as far as it [the money] will go…”. At NC.DAI.6.235.1, three of the ensl
