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Document. Slave bill of sale, T. W. Williams to Martha E. Turberville
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Authorizing the transfer of a slave named Maria, forty-one years of age, and her child from T. W. Williams of Monroe Country, Mississippi to Martha E. Turberville, wife of John W. Turberville. The sale price is $1100. Williams states in the document that the negroes are "healthy and sensible and slaves for life."