Bill of Sale--Enslaved man, Lewis --Maury County Tennessee(1821)

Maury County Tennessee--Recording of Bill of Sale--Enslaved Man named Lewis

William P Cook to James Hardison

(William and James on the same page of the 1820 US Federal Census in Maury Co TN.)

Timeline
6 Feb 1821 - Transaction
20 Jan 1823 - Bill of Sale Produced in Court 
28 Jan 1823  - Ordered to be certified
24 Feb 1823 - Registered in Deed book

Witnesses
John Wilson
Sally Smithwick(likely kin of James Hardison's wife)

Sources:

Maury County Tennessee Court Minutes, Vol 6, Monday 20 January 1823, Wm P Cook to James Hardison, negro man named Lewis; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-VQ4B-9 accessed: 14 April 2025) IGN 8151023, Image 788 of 830.

Maury County Tennessee Deeds, Deed Book, Vol K, p 98, William P Cook to James Hardison a negro man named Lewis, 24 February 1823; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-XG2K : accessed 14 April 2025), IGN 7896936, Image 377 of 558.

1820 US Federal Census, Maury County, Tennessee, p 99, William P Cook; Database with Images, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB9-SKSQ : accessed 14 April 2025), IGN 5156987 , Image 74 of 242.