Manuscript document signed by Abraham Satur. South Carolina, 1 July 1737 and 16 June 1741. 1 page, folio, 8 x 12 7/8 in. Witnessed by attorneys Maurice Lewis and Thomas Henning. Docketed to verso. Partial wax seal. Neat repairs to verso. 

A bond signed by Abraham Satur for £240 and promising to pay a lifetime annuity of £20 to his sister-in-law, Mary Saturevery, dated July 1st. The income is likely from property or a business venture that had been owned jointly between Abraham and his brother Jacob Satur (ca 1690-1732). The agreement is initially dictated on 1 July 1737, with further details added on 16 June 1741. 

Jacob Satur was born in London, where he may have faced bankruptcy in 1727, and later came to South Carolina, where he became a wealth planter, land speculator, and merchant. Abraham also came to South Carolina and became a planter and slaveowner in Santee. He advertised regularly in The South-Carolina Gazette, including ads for sales of "slaves, hogs, horses, cattle, sheep, &c." (c.f. 24 March 1748), and runaway slave named Jack (11 December 1836). 

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