MADISON COUNTY, TN - COURT RECORDS - Francis Wright to John Curlin
				     Bill of Sale for Slave

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Jim Curlin 		 curlin@crosslink.net

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Summary:  Bill of Sale conveying a female slave named Ruthe, age 33 years 
old, from Francis Wright to John Curlin for the price of  $400 .  The Bill 
of Sale is a replacement for one lost, which documented the sale of the 
same negro the previous summer [1832].  Wright warrants title to Ruthe, but 
does not guarantee her "soundness."  This deed was noted in Madison County 
Court Minute Book 3, page 25.


MADISON COUNTY, TN
REGISTER OF DEEDS
COUNTY COURT MINUTES 
BOOK 3, PAGE 25
2 MAY 1833 / REC. 4 MAY 1833


Francis Wright to John Curlin
Bill of Sale for Slave


Received of John Curlin four hundred dollars full pay for a negro woman 
aged about thirty three years named Ruthe, I warrant the title to said 
negro but do not guarantee her soundness.  This bill of sale is given in 
lieu of one given last summer but which has been lost.  May 2, 1833.

						Francis Wright (seal)


State of Tennessee}
Madison County     }
Personally appeared before me Thos. W. Gamewell Clerk of the County Court 
of said County Francis Wright bargainor to the foregoing Bill of Sale whity 
whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledges that he executed the 
within Bill Sale for the purposes therein contained.  Witness my hand at 
office this 3rd day of May 1833

						Thos. W. Gamewell, Clerk
						By Wm. Gates,  Cty Clerk

State of Tennessee}
Madison County     }
I Wm. H. Gates, Register of said County do certify that the foregoing Bill 
Sale and Clerks certificate thereon was duly filed by my Office on this day 
at 11 O'clock A.M. and noted in Minute Book No. 3, page 25, I witness by my 
hand at office this May 4th 1833.

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Date of Transcription:  July 1997  JWC
Location of Transcription:  Lottsburg, VA
Note:  The above transcription was copied verbatim from the original to the 
best of my abilities.  The notation [ ] denotes my comments.  Some of the 
paragraphs were inserted by me - James William Curlin