Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
James Redding | White | Male | grantor | |
Margaret Redding | White | Female | grantor | |
Mary Redding | White | Female | grantor | |
Matilda Redding | White | Female | grantor | |
Tyrece Ellender Redding | White | Female | grantor | |
Alfred Warren | White | Male | grantee | |
Jenny | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
Synthia | 9 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
Eliza | 3 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
John | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
Bill of Sale. A group of Redding’s sell four enslaved people to Alfred Warren for $500. The enslaved are “a certain number of negro slaves viz. one negro girl named Jenny about thirty years of age one negro girl named Synthia aged about nine years one girl named Eliza aged about three years also one negro boy named John about five months”. No information about relationships among the enslaved, but maybe Jenny is mother of some of the children. The grantors/owners are James Redding and his wife Margaret Redding, Mary Redding, Matilda Redding, Tyrece Ellender Redding, and they all signed with marks. The document was signed March 17, 1852, presented in Court and registered September 25, 1852.