John McAllister sold Harry 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, Greene County.

Know all men by these presence, that I, John McAllister, merchant of said county and state aforesaid, have bargained and sold unto William Scott, a negro man named Harry, aged twenty-three years, for the sum of four hundred dollars, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge. And I do hereby forever warrant and defend the said negro named Harry from me, my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, unto the said William Scott, his heirs, executors, and assigns in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th January 1801.

John McAllister (seal)

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

Reference

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