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- GLC#
- GLC01445.02-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 27, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Jones, William W., fl. 1862-1863
- Title
- [Printed bill of sale for Tom, an enslaved man]
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One printed bill of sale paid to W.W. Jones from Leroy Jones dated December 27, 1862. Leroy Jones had paid $1,450 to enslave a 32-year-old man named Tom. According to the printed bill, W. W. Jones enslaved Tom through Pulliam & Betts, Auctioneers at Odd Fellows' Hall in Richmond, Virginia. It appears that Leroy Jones lived in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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