A search of the Deeds of Orange County is necessary to determine if this Phinehas Heard & William Heard to Abijah Yelverton unexecuted Deed is a copy of a transaction that actually occurred or if the deal failed after the deed was drawn.
This indenture documents the sale by Samuel Gelston, a Gentleman and his Wife, Elizabeth of a 193 acre plot to Nehemiah Smith for five shilling plus one Pepper Corn to be delivered in and upon the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel.
Record of Justices meeting held on March 26, 1718. On March 21, 1718 there was an illegal meeting of slaves held at the house of Keeper, a freed slave. The names of the slaves and their masters are given along with the fines the court demanded.
