THE WILL OF MARY SCALES, (WIDOW OF JOSEPH SCALES)
DATED 7 JUN 1803
WILL BOOK A, PAGES 10 AND 11
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
(PROVED IN OPEN COURT, AUGUST TERM, 1804)
... Item I give and bequeath to my grandson JOHN PEAY, one negro boy by the name of MORRIS, a son of said BETTY to him and heirs forever. ...