Bill of sale -- estate of John Houstoun, 1799 February 9

Containers:

Box 19, Folder 28, Item 7

Scope and content:

Sale from estate executors to James Johnston Junior. Executors are named as John Houstoun, W. McIntosh [?], Patrick Houstoun, and James Edmund Houstoun. Signed Chatham County, Georgia. Bill mentions estate of "John Houstoun [Esquire] of Georgia deceased" and also "heirs of Sir George Houston."

Enslaved persons named as: Old Billy, Primus, Hector, Sandy, Ben, John, Ishmael, Anthony, Pompey, Moosa, Abraham, January, Sampson, Old Nanny, Nancy, Hagar, Bess, Nanny, Dianah, Peggy, Amelia, Old Beck, Maria, Mary, Betty, Beck, Binah, Grace, Flora, Sarah, Linda, [and] Phoebe

Physical location:

32108050889776

Collection context