| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. A, Scroggs | White | Male | trustee of grantee | |
| Anderson Mitchell | White | Male | trustee of grantee | |
| H. G. Oblesby | White | Male | trustee of grantee | |
| John Starnes | White | Male | grantor | |
| Mary E, Wellborn | White | Female | grantee | |
| Martha | 21 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| Anderson | 6 | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
“Conveyance of Negroes”, Deed of Gift. John Starnes of Williamson County, Tennessee places “one Negro woman named Martha about twenty one years old and her child Anderson aged about six..” in trust with A.A. Scroggs, Anderson Mitchell, and H.G. Oblesby. These three are charged with making sure that the use of Martha and Anderson is for the benefit of John Starnes’ daughter Mary E. Wellborn and her children. No further information about Martha or Anderson, and I’m assuming they are in Wilkes County, NC. The North Carolina document was apparently copied from a Tennessee document, and there is a note from Egbert Haworth, a Commissioner in Nashville, Tennessee, saying he knows John Starnes and that the document is legitimate. Document was originally signed September 17, 1854 and registered January 31, 1855. See NC.WIL.S.138.1 for another related transfer of an enslaved person.
