Know all men by these presents that I Thomas F. Prather of the county of Surry and the State of North Carolina have this day bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto Chang and Eng Bunker of the County of Wilkes and State of N. Carolina two negro girls To Wit, Mary, aged 7.5 years and Nicy aged 5.5 years for the sum of Four hundred and fifty dollars in hand paid by the said Chang + Eng Bunker to the said Thos. F. Prather the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the title of said Negroes I hereby bind myself and my heirs and assigns to warrant and defend to the said Chang + Eng Bunker their heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of September A.D. 1845. The above Negroes I warrant sound and healthy. Thos. F. Prather (Seal). Test. Geo. W. Brown, A. Dunnagan