A single sheet with the bill of sale on the front and a docket on the back. The witness, David Reace, signed with a mark; his surname is spelled Reace on the front and Reack on the back.
Bill of sale from Robert Godley to Charles Roach for household and kitchen furniture – 1806
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
Know all men by these presents that I Robert Godly, for and in Consideration of the Sum of ten pounds, to me in hand paid the Receipt thereof I do hearby ackowledg, have Bargained Sold and made over, to Charles Roach, all my household and Kitching firniture, in my house where David Reace Now Liveth, Consisting of bed, tabel, Chests pots Chears [chairs] &c to him the Said Charles Roach forever, which Said Goods I do hearby worrent [warrant] and defend, to him the Said Charles Roach, his heirs administrators and assines [assigns] from the Lawful Clame of all persons whatever in witness thereof I have heare Set my hand & Seal this 19 Day of may 1806
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David his D mark Reace
Robert Godley (Seal)
[On the back:]
Bill of Sail from Robert Godley to Carles Roach for the Goods David Reack
[Also on the back, written sideways and partly lost at the edge:]
Rec’d [?] of Robert Godly to Cha[rles Roach] … property tha[t] … a Bill of Sale f[rom] … Godley …
About the original
A second, sideways note on the back runs off the edge of the sheet and is only partly readable; what survives is given above with gaps marked.
The signature at the bottom right is Robert Godley, with a flourish that may be “(Seal)”.
Source: Bill of sale from Robert Godley to Charles Roach for household and kitchen furniture. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder d (Legal Records, 1784–1901). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fd.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View in ECU Digital Collections: 35858.
Also from this folder: Swift Creek residents hire Turner Nelson as teacher of “Reading writing and Arithmetic” in 1823.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
