| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Whittington | White | Female | trustee of grantee | |
| John Whittington | White | Male | trustee of grantee | |
| Leonard Whittington | White | Male | grantor | |
| Mary Anne Whittington | White | Female | grantee | |
| Parthene | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Laurah Adaline | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| [unnamed] | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
Deed of Gift, setting up a Trust. Leonard Whittington conveys three enslaved people, some furniture, and $500 to a trust for his grand-daughter Mary Anne Whittington. The enslaved are “one negroe woman called Parthene known as Pos and her child Laurah Adaline and also her other child which is not named, together with all her increase…” Trustees are Mary Anne’s mother Elizabeth Whittington, and John Whittington, relationship unknown. The enslaved and other property are to be for the sole use of Mary Anne Whittington, “from control or claim of any husband she may hereafter have…” Document was signed April 28, 1855 and registered October 18, 1855.
