North Carolina
Bladen County} Ss.
Whereas we the Subscribers Summond: agreeable to law on the Tryal of a negro ^caled Cain^ belonging to James Baldwin which sd. negro is charged and lawfully convicted of feloniously shooting and killing John Green Senr: and persuant to a law of this province we are impowred and directed to set a just value on sd: negro which we value to the sum of forty pounds proclamation money—
As witness our hands and seals this 29 Day april 1749
Gentlmn: Please to Pay the full contents above mentioned unto Wm: Bartram & His Rect: Shall be a full Discharge from your most Humbe: Sert
Septr: 23d 1749
Mr James Baldwin
Allowed his Claim
for a Negroe
Executed the
14th. Octr. 1749.