Some more info on Giles Kelley... This Indenture made the tenth Day of January 1788 BETWEEN Samuel Kelley of Brunswick County of the one part and James Kelley of the same County of the other part . . . that whereas the said Samuel Kelley being justly indebted to William Kelley the sum of fifty four pounds ten shillings and three pence half penny specie fifty pounds bequeathed by the last will of their father Giles Kelley to be paid by the said Samuel on condition of a gift therein made to the said Samuel of a certain Negroe man slave named Solomon and four pounds ten shillings and three pence half penny being a ballance of the said William's porportion of his said father's personal estate in the hands of the said Samuel, and the said Samuel Kelley being willing to secure the payment of the said sum with interest thereon to be computed from the first of this present month untill the same shall be fully satisfied and paid, he the said Samuel Kelley for and in the consideration of the sum of five shillings . . . doth bargain and sell unto the said James Kelley . . . two Negro slaves named Solomon and Hannah . . . in trust nevertheless and it is the true intent and meanding of these presence that if the said Samuel Kelley . . . shall not on or before the tenth Day of January next ensuing, the date hereof, pay or cause to be paid unto the said William Kelley the said sum of fifty four ponds ten shillings and three pence half penny specie with interest thereon to be computed from the said first day of this present month that then it shall and may be lawful immediately after the expiration of the said term for the said James Kelley as trustee to advertise giving ten days notice and to sell the said two slaves Solomon and Hannah to the highest bidder for ready money and to satisfy and pay unto the said William Kelley his debt with interest . . . but if the said Samuel Kelley shall and do pay up unto the said William Kelley or unto the said James Kelley as their trustee the said debt and interest as aforesaid in full at any time before a sale of the said slaves under this deed of trust shall be actually made then this Indenture shall be come void to all intents and purposes as if the same had never been made . . . Signed by Samuel Kelley and witnessed by Thomas Stith, Senior, and Joseph Browder. Brunswick County Court April 28, 1788. This Deed of Trust was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Deed Book 14, page 343. -- Ed Kelley