Record Data
Source citation
“Bill of Sale for Negro Slave,” Name of Print Medium Unknown, Nashville, TN, 6 May 1857.
Newspaper: Publication
Name of Print Medium Unknown
Newspaper: Headline
Bill of Sale for Negro Slave
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Scott Ackerman
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and other typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Bill of Sale for Negro Slave
May 6, 1857
We have this day sold and hereby Convey to Andrew Johnson, his heirs and assigns forever, for one thousand and fifteen Dollars, to us paid, a Boy slave, named Henry and about thirteen years of age. We warrant the title to said slave to the said Andrew Johnson his heirs and assigns against the lawful claim of all persons, and we also warrant him to be sound, healthy, sensible and a Slave for life[.]
This sixth day of May 1857
Nashville Tenn-
Cobb & Scruggs