Bertie  COUNTY  NC  Sale of Slave  Samuel Luten to John H. King (Negro man - Demsey)

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State of North Carolina				      
Bertie County

Know all men by those present that I, SAMUEL LUTEN
of the State of County aforesaid for and in
consideration of the sum of three hundred and sixty
five silver dollars to me in hand paid by JOHN H.
KING of the State of County aforesaid have bargained
and sold and delivered unto JOHN H. KING one Negroe
man named DEMSEY, both delivered and confirmed unto
the said JOHN H. KING all my right, title, claim and
interest in and to the said Negroe man, I, the said
SAMUEL LUTEN my heirs and assigns do warrant and for
ever defend the right of title of the said negroe
man DEMSEY unto the said JOHN H. KING to him and his
heirs and assigns forever, signed, sealed and
delivered in presence of us, this 15th day of June
1801.  

                                                                                                 SAMUEL LUTEN (seal)


Test.
JAS. WARD x
WM. OUTLAW

NOTE:
This slave sale from Samuel Luten to John H. King
is the one proof of connecting this line of Lutens
to Major Thomas Luten in Chowan Co 1682.  Major
Lutens son, Thomas Luten, Jr. willed to his grandson
Samuel a slave named Demsey and this is when he
sells him.