Deed of Trust including Belinda and other Enslaved People
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Title
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Deed of Trust including Belinda and other Enslaved People
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Description
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This entry in Fairfax County Deed Book O3 records William W Ball's transfer of assets into a trust held by William H Dulany. The trust includes "all the interest of . . . W.W. Ball in the estate of the late Mottrom Ball," "one negro woman named Belinda," and all of William W Ball's livestock and household and farming goods. Belinda is the only enslaved person named, but we know from other documents that W.W. Ball's portion of his father's estate included enslaved people. The trust appears to be designed to allow William W Ball to consolidate his debts and prioritize the interests of his brother, Spencer M Ball, who has both loaned William money and acted as surety for other debts incurred by William, over those of William's other creditors. Two recent (Nov. 1849) Circuit Court judgments against W. W. Ball are mentioned. According to the document, William will continue to hold the named property until William H Dulany is asked by the creditors to sell some or all of the property (and if such a sale is scheduled Dulany will make public notice of it). The document is dated 16 January 1850, and was apparently also recorded on that day (the date of recordation looks more like 15 January 1850). The PDF scan was performed by and obtained from the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center.
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Identifier
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LPCSOU0029
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Bibliographic Citation
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Deed of Trust Naming Belinda and other Enslaved People. Deed Book O3, p. 182. 1850. Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
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Date
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1850-01-16
