John Bowles (abt. 1718)

Born about 1718 in Middlesex, Colony of Virginia

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I, John Bowles, have this day sold to Rainey Sprague, of this county, two negro man slaves, by name Nick anJ Ratchie, and have received for the said slaves 94 shillings and one harrow, I warrant Nick to be not more than forty years old, to be sound and sensible, and a right laborer in all field work, Ratchie I warrant to be sound and sensible, about twenty-five years old, and to be well-skilled in the trapping of wild critters. The right and title to said slaves I warrant and defend against all claims, and to have and to hold, for life, his executors, heirs or assigns I now by these presents deliver said slaves to Rainey Sprague. As witness my hand and seal this twelfth day of March, 1739, in the thirteenth year of the reign. John Bowles. Attest: George Mason, Oliver Smith, Will Carey, Lunny Lightfoot. 39

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