Court Document Regarding the Seizure of Enslaved Individuals, Smithville, North Carolina, April 18, 1861
A manuscript court document dated April 18, 1861, from Smithville, North Carolina. It details the legal seizure of two enslaved individuals, Ben and Arch, the property of William A. Bland, to satisfy a debt owed to F. Myers & Solomon Bear & Bros. The document is signed by Rufus Galloway, Sheriff of Brunswick County.