This Indenture made this 17th
day of June 1802 between Thomas Barnett of the County of Pittsylvania of
the one part and John Barnett of the said County and David Bullock
of the County of Louisa of the other part that is to say for and in consideratin
of the sum of six shillings in hand paid to the said Thomas Barnett by
the said John Barnett and David Bullock – before the signing and
delivering of these presents and for the further securing and indemnifying James
Barnett and Francis L. Campbell of the County of Goochland as
Security for the said Thomas Barnett to a replevy bond given to Smith
Young & Hyde on a Decree of the High Court of Chancery which Decree the
said Thomas Barnett took an appeal to the High Court of apeales which
appeal is yet undertuming and may not be deturming for maney years and that the
said securety for fear of acsidents [sic] wishes to be made safe, for the above
Considerations the said Thomas Barnett hereby bargin and sell and by
these presents hath bargined and soled unto the aforesaid John Barnett
and David Bullock the following property to wit, ten Negroes namely Cirus
a man, Sam a man, Sarah a woman, Venus a woman, Pahants
a girl, Dolley a girl, Rachel a girl, Amey a girl, Ledy
a girl, Nance a girl, they & there Increase also twelve fether beds
and furniture and all of my households furniture of eve [sic] kind whatsoever a
four wheal carage & two whealed shays a waggon
& [line cut off on copy] Milor, one black horse one sorel horse and
three bay mares four oxen and thirty one head of cattle, to them the said John
Barnett & David Bullock thay and thare heirs forever free from
the clame or clames of any person or persons whatsoever, upon the following
condishons that is to say if the said Thomas Barnett shall be cast in the
appeal aforesaid and suffer the sd James Barnett and Francis L.
Campbell to be called on for payment as securety to the said Thomas
Barnett to the bond aforesaid then and in that case the said John Barnett
and David Bullocks is to take into there posestion all or any part of the
property herein named and sell for redy mney so much thereof as will sattisfy
the debt costs – and interest on giveing ten days notice on one of the publick
Court days of the County of Pittsylvania wherein the Estate now lies and
Sattisfy and pay of all the clame that can come against the said James
Barnett and Francis L. Campbell as being Security to the Bond
aforesaid in Witnessing hereof the Thomas Barnett have heareunto asign’d his
name and afixed his Seall the day and date above Written.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of ---
/signed/ Tho. Barnett
No witnesses
At a Court held for Pittsylvania County July the 19th 1802
This Indenture was presented in Court and acknowledged by the above named Thomas
Barnett and the same was ordered to be recorded by the court. Test Will
Tunstall C.C.
[recorded
July 19th 1802]