| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. B. Carmichael | White | Male | trustee of grantor | |
| Wesley Reynolds | White | Male | other | |
| Joshua Winkler | White | Male | other | |
| (20 creditors) | Unknown | other | ||
| A. S. Gray | White | Male | grantor | |
| Eliza | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Dan | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved | |
| Lucy | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Adelaide | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Rena | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved | |
| Emily | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
Deed in Trust. A.S. Gray is in debt, and assigns two tracts of land, six enslaved people, livestock and farm equipment to Trustee A.B. Carmichael. If Gray pays the debts within a year (by February 27, 1859), the agreement is void. If Gray has not paid, Carmichael is to “expose to sale” the various properties. The enslaved are named: “the following Negro Slaves (to wit) Eliza, Dan, Lucy, Adelaide, Rena, Emily”. I calculate Gray’s debts are $4000-5000, to about 20 people and businesses, some as direct debts, some in Gray’s role as surety, and Gray probably doesn’t have enough assets to cover all debts. Therefore, I think, he specifies that some debts are to be paid first, with the rest “share and share alike”. In parentheses Gray states that Eliza and Emily are “under execution for the payments of two judgments in favor of Wesley Reynolds and Joshua Winkler…” and therefore may not be available to satisfy the current Trust/Debts. (see NC.WIL.T.198.1 where Emily is identified as Elizas chlld, and both were sold to pay Gray's judgment). I will not log all the creditors, except Wesley Reynolds and Joshua Reynolds, since Eliza and Emily might have ended up with them. The document was si
