John Farrar (1750-1830)
A Bill of Sale for a negro named Milly from Sarah Ann Abernathy to her son-in-law John Farrar dated August 10, 1803 in Lincoln County, North Carolina was subsequently filed in Perry County, Missouri on September 7, 1829:
*******************************************************
Sarah Ann Abernathy to John Farrar
Bill of Sale for a Negro named Milly
Know all men by these presents, that Sarah Ann Abernathy of the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina, for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving, have bargained & sold & by these presents do bargain, sell & deliver unto John Farrar my Son in Law of the County & State aforesaid, one Negro slave by the name of Milly & her increase. To have and to hold the said hereby bargained premises unto the said John Farrar after my death, to the Only proper use and behoof of the said John Farrar & to the heirs of his body by my late Daughter Elizabeth Farrar decd & no other forever.- And I the said Sarah Ann Abernathy for myself my Executors, administrators, the said hereby bargained premises unto the said John Farrar & his heirs as aforesaid, against all persons shall and will forever warrent & defend by these presents as aforesaid.-In Witness whereof I the said Sarah Ann Abernathy have hereunto set my hand & seal this tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & three.- Sarah Ann {Seal} signed Sealed & delivered in the presents of us R.J. Miller {mark}. Sarah Ann Abernathy, Lincoln County, October Sess. A.D. 1804.- The within Bill of Sale was proved In open Court by the Oath of R.J. Miller & Recorded-Witness
Leon. Henderson Clk-
Recorded September 7th, 1829
Frederick C. Kase Clerk
& Ex Officio Recorder
******************************
I have found no record of a deed where in John Farrar transfers the slave Milly to any of his children, or to any other person, residing in Perry County, Missouri. This suggests to me that John Farrar may have filed the Bill of Sale in person, indicating he may have intended to either immigrate to Missouri, or intended to transfer the slave property to one of his children in Perry County, Missouri. John's eldest son, William Farrar had immigrated to Missouri sometime between 1826 and 1828. However, John Farrar died less than one year from the filing of the bill of sale, and his will indicates that he had already given his children from his first marriage most of his property, and reserved most of the remainder of his estate to his current wife and their children. Consequently, the filing of the Bill of Sale in Perry County, Missouri supports a supposition that the 79 year old John Farrar was in Perry County, Missouri in 1829 perhaps with the intention of moving to Missouri before his death in 1830. Does anyone have any information that might support this?