John McAllister sold Jude to William Scott

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records. 

State of Georgia, Green County.

Know all men by these presence, that I, John McAllister, merchant of the said county and state aforesaid, have bargained and sold unto William Scott of the said county and state, a negro man named Jude, by estimation nineteen years of age, for the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. And I do hereby warrant and forever defend, from my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, forever, unto the said William Scott, his heirs, executors, and assigns. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th January 1801.

John McAllister (seal)

In presence of Matthew P. Sturdivant
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Registered the 7th of Jan. 1801 

Reference

Greene County, Georgia, Land Records 1799–1804, Enslavement Records 1799–1804, image 384, FamilySearch.