| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James O. Martin | White | Male | trustee of grantor | |
| A. H. Martin | White | Male | other | |
| "Spring & McCloud" | Unknown | other | ||
| Isaac Holman | White | Male | other | |
| Obediah Sprinkle | White | Male | grantor | |
| Charlotte | 22 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
| John Calvin | 3 | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
| ""Charlotte's infant not named" | Black ("negro") | Unknown | enslaved |
Deed in Trust. Obediah Sprinkle owes A.H. Martin $1500, by an overdue note, and also has judgments against him by “Spring & McCloud” of Charlotte, NC and James Holman of Davis County, NC. To guarantee these debts, he puts into Trust with James O. Martin a “Negro woman named Charlotte aged about twenty two and her two children one boy three years old named John Calvin and Charlotte’s infant not named…”. Trustee James Martin is authorized to sell Charlotte and her children if Sprinkle has not paid his debts within twelve months of signing the Deed in Trust. See also NC.WIL.T.322.1 for another transaction where Charlotte and Calvin were sold for $800, so it’s likely that Charlotte and children will be sold again after the year is up (unless the Civil War disrupted things.). The document was signed March 28, 1859, and presented in Court and registered March 30, 1859.
