Rowan County
Feby 7th. 1777
Mathw. Troy, Christopher Beekman [jus]tices and W[illia]m Nestbet, J[ohn] Sloan, James [Br]andon and A[lex] Dobbins being summoned on the Trial of Toney a negro man Slave the property of Walter Sharp for feloniously burning the Dwelling house of said Walter, and being found guilty [th]ereof and [by] them cond[emn]ed to be han[ged]. Ordered that the Sherif [pu]t the Setntenc[e] in Execution Tomorrow between the Hours of 12 and 3 Oclock
Tested by Ad:Osborn CC
Rowan Co[unty]
These may certify the within Order & Sentence was duly executed on the said day by
Galbraith Falls Sherff
G. Falls