Feby 7th. 1777—
Rowan County, State of North Carolina
We hereby certify That a Negro Man Sl[av]e the property of Walter Sharp b[e]ing this Day [fou]nd Guilty of f[elon]iously [burn]ing the dwelling House of said Walter and condemned to be hanged acording to Law—We valued said Negro to Eighty pounds proclamation money
Witness
The justices & freeholders who [sat on] Trial of the above said Negro}
Value of Negro
[Mr] Sharps
Clames
to the
Assembly
No 21
Wa[lter] Sharp
Claim
£80
No 50
