Witness--Robt. W. Haywood.
Below is the Bill of Sale for my wife and other six children, to which the
papers that follow are attached.
_State of North Carolina, Wake County._
Know all men by these presents, that for and in consideration of the sum
of eighteen hundred and eighty dollars to me in hand paid, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, I have this day bargained, sold and
delivered unto Lunsford Lane, a free man of color, one dark mulatto
woman named Patsy, one boy named Edward, one boy also named William, one
boy also named Lunsford, one girl named Maria, one boy also named
Ellick, and one girl named Lucy, to have and to hold the said negroes
free from the claims of all persons whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this 25th
day of April, 1842.