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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/19/1872 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter William Dabney Manumitted Thomas, Austin, Gilliam, Albert, Nancy, Abby, Eliza, Winny, Sandra, Catharine, Amy, Charlotte, Richard, Lilah, James, Archer Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I William Dabney of the County of Dinwiddie State of Virginia, being of perfect mind & memory do make this my last will & testament as follows viz. 1st I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Julia Ann & Dabney & her heirs forever the following slaves to wit Dempsey, Mary & her son Johann Rainey & five of her children viz Hariette, Richard, David, Matilda, & Caroline & the future increase of the said female, also one bed of furniture [illegible] & harness buggy bay mare & the sum of eight hundred & twenty five dollars to be paid by my Executor hereinafter named out of my estate. 1nd I emancipate & forever set free the following slaves to wit, Thomas, Austin, Gilliam, Albert, Nancy, Abby, Eliza, Winny & her six children, severally, Sandra, Catharine, Amy, Charlotte, Richard & Lilah & the future increase of the said female slaves. I also emancipate & forever set free two other slaves James & Archer & I authorize my Executor hereafter named to pay to the said slaves & Archer the sum of one hundred dollars cash, out of my estate which I give to them forever. 3rd I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha William T Dabney & her heirs forever the remainder of my estate of every description & their both optimal. 4th I constitute & appoint my friend & relative James H [Beripeau?] whole & sole executor of this my last will & testament & guardian of my infant daughter the above named Martha William T Dabney. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 23rd day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty one. Witness William Dabney (seal) At a County Court held for the County of Dinwiddie on Monday 19th February 1872. This last will and testament of William Dabney dec’d was produced in court & offered for proof and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, James H Beripeau, John P. Dabney was sworn and severally defined that they were well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Dabney & verily believed the said will and signature thereto to be wholly written by the testators own hand & hereupon the said will is admitted to record as the true last will and testament of the said Wm Dabney dec’d & appearing to the court that James H Beripeau the Executor therein named is dead, on the motion of Julia Dabney the order of qualification entered at the October term 1871 is set aside as being unadvisedly made & on the motion of said Julia A Dabney she is allowed to qualify as the administrator with the will annexed of the said William Dabney who made oath thereto and together with Martha H Dabney her security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of two thousand dollars conditioned according to law, certificate for obtaining a probate of the said will is granted her in due form. Teste, A Christian Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 8:65 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 16 Notes Notes regarding the record This will was written in 1851 but probated some years after the Civil War, unclear if this was a clerical error, or the deceased in fact passed away over 20 years after writing the will. Also unclear if the named enslaved individuals remained alive beyond their former master's death, or were freed prior to 1865, or if the other aspects of the will were carried out such as the payments to certain former slaves. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1872 - Dabney to Thomas, et al - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/c3cc2b39bd3fcd623abbd4e164a3f5eb.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=ZQjzC0CjvG164Dn-3LP7zf6y24oa-ndYXqck6KiF9yCS9qhOYrY1WOF0CcC7dydFiULIaI1wzL47XsrZLAvTxi4pAhbwUk%7EP7OGV7XZIJrlfibmpJTxvc2%7EarJM9KNv-Uyxk9QxcoMbB9fELVwHnkqyuRqBbvjQfSdYw64oGcf6ztj3ZB9X540%7E7NiRnycMqDo%7EMpKTsx3C8EK%7EKth3Rzl5oZ17y1WA9XnZT28BUSd%7E8jok0Gu7p6FId9r1xURo4pfzdXb3GFpqSDmcHJl3E99a1eJBQriF0jwm0XQBWgl5kRHTUwuOfGm7kZVTykTcv0yuLRTuiaI8a1QK571E0nw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1e118ca55e51b789f3d5da601af9329b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 09/15/1862 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter Henry Young Mitchell Manumitted Burrel, Palace, (Palace's unnamed children), Isaac Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 7:374 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Notes Notes regarding the record number manumitted does not include the unknown number of Palace's children Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1862 - Mitchell to Burrell, et al - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/36a091943f8077bf04f16a5219d9516c.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=D1rL0kXggqdpWKgj0kezvPaETejcwpPkUoYIxLYTQyCCaoZMLKME4RTChkHb8qBluyqAZcnbV3VnnKtJuGesvfK%7EiB9c7aeI-2oCOT2dSQNkdiDsGBC-a4QHhpD8fuSDGAsUz%7E8wDYRcqv0TOOMZDvkaCvmjuGfQjHXyFaANHko5yGKb7GJcsWiUYU833S2YeoYvT19We-gwzoDMNR6easz9tyZYPfLUV3Fm3io%7Ei6sp%7E3HJqQhLeM3vngR6h%7EgGd6xkk8YV8OATwr51a6mjhlE1rLJOKXw3pr8dGb8fhFueUhpZwOWTdhEnZDuVFs4qjY%7EuNdZbRY4UHe0TAspRug__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b216915564e720f4365021ea01d17339 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/19/1855 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter Mary Ann Jones Manumitted Maranda, Robin, Betsey, Calda, Louisa, Emmaly, Henrietta, Martha, Lucy Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 5:536 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1855 - Jones to Maranda, et al - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1855 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/84481603af869b9b70604f5ac28a47a7.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=ZSkEPIRANeHxcnx2RG-zrsQImUAgeEuOsOdXHofTORZz0SXdDDjeue%7E-0O0SE-2SkfkSGd4lOZD1h-bP2uWotR4euAvI71DsdhlcWklbuPoWbR7eNYyydCOlNYRPEwTY%7EFwe6a2-nEHH9U7NOe2IuQuQTYW2idx5TCf6oN%7EPcJ774ax50%7EAoyWtyeHKow5%7Ei5t0Ghjn%7ENLa7xau0dTvDL7zYpjmfE21ApgECUFfTNCwycrpwBZ2zcrv%7EJ5tD8u62%7EWwjS-X3oOIStqaKi0M1rwKLcvoWE9jkuNjtXzhTkFvTzGiX19oGIG5ouK9yoRewCJ-Sj2Xhs4vog2KDq3%7EuLw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a0e6c08f0c9b4e39af94d2172fae34be Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/15/1854 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter William Wynn Manumitted Victoria Gregory Wynn Text of Freedom Document I Wm G Wynn of the County of Dinwiddie do hereby emancipate and set free my female slave by name Victoria Gregory sometimes called Victoria Gregory Wynn and I do hereby invest her with all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest her. The said slave is of very bright complexion so much so as to be generally considered a white person. She was born on the 22nd May 1840 and is the child of a slave woman formerly owned by me named Margaretta Mason who has since the birth of Victoria been emancipated. Margaretta was the daughter of a mulatto woman named Henrietta. From all I can ascertain as to the pedigree of the above named persons, I am satisfied that said Victoria has not more than one eighth negro blood, her mother Margaretta being the child of a white man, her grandmother Henrietta being also the child of a white man by a mulatto woman who was at least one half, it not three-fourths white. Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of May 1854. William G Wynn (seal) At a county court held for Dinwiddie County on the 15th day of May 1854. This deed of emancipation from William G. Wynn to Victoria Gregory, sometimes called Victoria Gregory Wynn, was acknowledged by the said William G. Wynn to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. And satisfactory proof being produced before the court by a white person that the said Victoria G. so emancipated though of mixed blood, is not a negro, having as appears by the [illegible] aforesaid less than one fourth of negro blood in her the court doth certify that she is not a negro. Teste, A.Hargrave Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 8:65 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1854 - Wynn to Victory Gregory Wynn - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/ff48898cd30287e73d81d97ee991c57e.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=wAW6OOnMuKqwrFS5SiAVg7EsOACo-VDzc9bjlrQHZjbNToXWaPlLW83OYGxV2OFeslTQoFVBHPJ-%7E97AI-jdu653hf%7EUtSV2ZziYGt2VKmQZm0KcFSjO--uKDw1%7ENWNqQ6Y%7EGlgA27UM-o64WWp17HyyXs4S94Qr5ERXrJV7NMBU4-g63Djq0YVQLNHlq88SrnPiQLgwGr%7EFM%7EPEftZLs2YossDvCl267ZtCZzbn6zTzH%7EHIFaGGkf3g67O9162pOHLxp4w76y-4jBjDq3rhFR9BJovrqxkmmkta0nAQLJnvVp1Bmob-VkPSiL%7E5br0zt9iYLSPEQHkeaSHMRP3XkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 284beef527b9b53cb99565398c9db57c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/20/1851 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter John May Manumitted Adam Wilder Text of Freedom Document I John P. May do hereby emancipate and set free Adam Wilder a slave purchased by me of Tho’s Wallace & David May Trustees of H.A. Garland and I do hereby invest said Adam with all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest him. Given under my hand and seal October 20th 1851. Jn P. May (seal) At a County Court held for Dinwiddie County on the 20th day of October 1851. This deed of emancipation from John P. May to Adam Wilder was acknowledged by the said May to be his act and deed, and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jn P. Crump CC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 7:126 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1851 - May to Adam Wilder - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/956b8366ae222615c2ee35a3ec1145d8.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=nwoglhWV-RLbE2Mw2Kp0aqhnwCNxRD5FKjDT-jhRW4N7QKH8efAAg8SQwa2qeqwrAkzRpeIB6jZYe4uUrQdYiZvZCb9WfjlCcdRp57F02a7jTnPJfNl8hYYt7xh5UtCg%7EFiNZeLCAwQetaTJnOqSjkuQOCm%7E8-z-CPznLlXs36gGWo3ltBd1Z0aKLiqfV5FwAg8EYazKCM2akuIAyJCZ8Ab2mxDKKwe5ztK%7Em6kJECeMzxQJnlaTYVaqcRl2g%7Eax8AaFXXir00GM1h9lby9FnhaAErmkpVfZksQwLrv-kLq%7EuW6rC6gVvdEkNHIqF%7E0t7162YL4WgengCPuAd2uSwg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d206a893047c4314cb8a1d824bab2a64 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/26/1849 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter Robert Nicholas Manumitted Kezia, Mary Text of Freedom Document I Robt C. Nicholas of the County of Dinwiddie do this 26th day of February 1846, in my own hand writing make ordain and constitute this to be my will and testament for the disposal of all my estate of every description after my death. In the first place, I give to my wife Ann the plantation on which I now reside during her life or widowhood and at her death or marriage, to her and my children now seven in number, to them and their heirs forever. In the second place, I give to one of my slaves by name Kezia that I traded with my father for her freedom. 3rd I give to Mary the daughter of Kezia her freedom. 4th All the rest and residue of my estate as well real as personal that I may die possessed of, or, that may in any way hereafter become a part of my estate, I give to be equally divided, amongst or between my aforesaid wife and my seven children namely John, Robert, Horatio, George, Harriet, Gray and Ann my wife’s part or portion, during her life or widowhood only, and at her death or marriage to my children above named & their heirs forever. Altho’ I have said above that I wish my property after my death divided among my family, that is to say my wife and children, I should greatly prefer that they hold it in common for the use of all, and that my wife and my two eldest sons have the power to dispose of any part of the property, real or personal (with their joint concurrence) that they may think will ultimately tend to the benefit of the family in general. If it shall become necessary that some person qualify as executor or administrator on my estate, I hereby nominate my friends David May and John P. Crump Esq. Executors to this my last will and testament – one of whom I hope will act, at any rate, till one of my sons become of age, to who the administration as executor can then be transferred – in which case, it is my wish that he may not be held to give security. Robt C Nicholas At a court held for Dinwiddie County on the 16th day of October 1848. This writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Robert C. Nicholas deceased, was produced in court, and there being no subscribing witness thereto, Nathaniel Wilson and Alexander Donnan were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testator’s hand writing, and verily believe the said writing and the name thereto subscribed, to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand thereupon, the said writing is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said Robert C. Nicholas deceased – David May and John P. Crump Executors named in said will renounced their right to qualify as such which is ordered to be entered of record. At another court held for the said county on the19th day of March 1849. On the motion of John P. Nicholas who made oath, and entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the said decedents estate, with his will aforesaid annexed in due form. Teste, Jno P rump CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 4:331 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1849 - Nicholas to Kezia & Mary - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/3fc61c8671a48d76dbd0e3c148a6349e.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=Gk2viGL8fJveMo4jQk5De4oH%7EwzejUGPAOjmcKZMFlyOp8coPtQ1InQgqbdmoYEfXZ2UY8LjqmoSNPjJp6T-vs2I7e0bZdvzFXPTSg-BO36T7vL3jCTlFaxyxx9yJYKXKKI42ggCpDwjgO2pu239v8gvXWJp20t5N6t2MXTxKkZe78RIhrxNLDarLaswvi8UU5U4xhGvkAu4dP1SeA7hFuKj3YeXHEVYNLepi4pdMztksqjRZiN5622feKaIR%7Ec7AR%7EYOEXZgeVo%7Esr7ZbZyd2rJu4qk5OLVUv9xex1ii4zkFQatdxuU%7EXnqo6unB%7EoCn7FSDWZ8r46K8FgE1WzAxg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 39a4f278eae0d3d40ea89755d16ce6da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/30/1844 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter Green Hill Manumitted Chenar Hill, Isora Hill, Jacintha Hill, Indiana Hill, Aline Jane Hill , Jacob Hill Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Green Hill of the County of [illegible] and state of Virginia, being entitled as the whole and sole heir, to all the property of Chenar Hill and estate of which my brother Richard Hill deceased, late of the County of Dinwiddie and State aforesaid, died [illegible] and possessed, being induced by motives of benevolence and humanity; and for and in consideration of the wish, request and desire of my said brother as earnestly and solemnly expressed to me by him in his lifetime, and designing hereby to comply with and carry out his wish and desire in as ample, complete and effectual a manner as possible, have manumitted and emancipated and by these presents I do manumit, emancipate and set free forever from slavery the following slaves who were the property of the said Richard Hill at the time of his death, to wit Chenar Hill, a woman aged between thirty and thirty five years, Isora Hill a girl, born the 23rd day of October 1836, Jacintha Hill, a girl born the 25th day of January 1838, Indiana Hill a girl born the 26th day of November 1839, Alie Jane Hill a girl born the 30th day of April 1841, and Jacob Hill a boy born on the twenty fourth day of February last 1843, (the said girls and boy being children of the said Chenar Hill). And I the said Green Hill, for myself, my heirs & do forever grant release and confirm unto the said Chenar Hill, Isora Hill, Jacintha Hill, Indiana Hill, Aline Jane Hill and Jacob Hill, and unto all the future increase of the said Chenar Hill, Isora Hill, Jacintha Hill, Indiana Hill and Aline Jane Hill, all the right, title, benefit, interest and claim of myself and my heirs in and to the persons, labor and service or services of them the said Chenar Hill, Isora Hill, Jacintha Hill, Indiana Hill, Aline Jane Hill and Jacob Hill, and the future increase of the females amongst them as above mentioned. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, and in the 68th year of the Commonwealth. Signed, sealed and delivered Green Hill (seal) in the presence of Benj’n Johnson P.H. Vaden At a Court held for Dinwiddie County on the 30th day of May 1844 This deed of emancipation from Green Hill to Chenar Hill, Isora Hill, Jacintha Hill, Indiana Hill, Aline Jane Hill and Jacob Hill, was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Johnson and Page H. Vaden subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jn P. Crump CC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 4:428 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1844 - Hill to Chenar, et al - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1844 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/61eb75e5253494e24e95fc0584ffb32d.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=U-zm6JgV%7Efar2uTiMBNaA%7EmvV2RclwHZtpVxQ-cKnr%7EUVOZsHTVeylgvMDgjQlS3%7Eo63HEdzFvRbG1WqDZY8XvYWDZuzxe8Z2BnFjmj1uiiF--RIw1x%7ENXMFBQ3OsFxPf2Km%7Eh2AzX1mH7sG5WxdbMV2HSh5Dw1shK-AwG5TM323OxxD8R5HndA8v%7E1MRRuYjm9winBnWAG4BzDzyvxNZwLVuHQm3Vx5Pu17yLMkm30VAWnsQmPpDjEqkHTkVtrVZsrr3nyUuDezQH0iJ6EUQ1syUn4ROpy2Uj4oZnoK4KBch1Z%7EaxcgEQulKkHdUvdsvBY180WwLxyKoABOYxDsCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 62113849b528e5cccc33a8590b4cf2ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/15/1844 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter Richard Hill Manumitted Chenan Hill Text of Freedom Document Dear Green June 9th 1836 Confiding implicitly in your honor as a man it is needless to call on your affection as a brother to carry in effect my ultimate wishes. My course of life forced on me from circumstances I do not with to estimate, but so long as I live it is my wish to act honorable to the world and to carry with me to the grave a conscience devoid of crime in its own conviction however it may be judged of by others. First. I wish you to provide for the children Virginia and Ann, I wish them to have five hundred dollars each and to divide equally Joanna and her increase. Chenan and her children should she have any must have their freedom. Should she prefer living here give her a hundred acres of land, and the whole of my medical accounts and if you do not give her this place, build a comfortable house for her. The balance of my estate is yours and your heirs. Should Chenan prefer moving to Ohio give her an equivalent to what is mentioned above. Green to you I have entrusted duties more dear to me than existence, I feel that I shall not be deceived. God only knows when my life may be ended and I may not have the time to do that which is here allotted to you but come when death may this sketch imperfect as it is will plainly inform you of any intention. Fulfill to the uttermost my brother, what I here request and may God bless you and yours. Mr. Green Hill Richard Hill At a court held for Dinwiddie County on the 15th day of January 1844. This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Richard Hill dec’d was presented in court by Green Hill, and there being no subscribing witness thereto, Isham E Hargrave & Hartwell H. Lewis were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testator’s hand writing, and verily believe the said writing and the name thereto subscribed and the superscription thereon endorsed to be wholly written by the testator. Whereupon, it is ordered that the said writing be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said Richard Hill dec’d. And on the motion of Green Hill, who took oath prescribed by law, and together with Isham E. Hargrave George W. Rose and David F. Hoy his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of thirty thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Richard Hill dec’d with his will annexed in due form. Teste, Jn P. Crump CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 3:489 Notes Notes regarding the record Chenan (or Chenar) and her children are freed in a deed by Green Hill (brother of the deceased) in DB 4:428) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/21/1844 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter James Epes Manumitted unnamed individuals Text of Freedom Document I Jas. Epes of Dinwiddie County to make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner and form following viz. 1st I give unto Albert Dabney the Cat-tail tract of land. 2nd I give unto William H. Brown grandson of Peter Epes the tract of land on gravelly Run together with the mill and its appurtenances and in consideration of the above gift of land and mill the said Wm H Brown is to pay the bond which I owe to William David and likewise to take care of and support clothe and keep them at home with him the three following old negroes Jac, Kepey, Chloe. 3rd The residue of my negroes with the exception of the three mentioned in the 2nd clause of this my last will I emancipate liberate and set free and I particularly request Setty’s children to take care of and support & clothe her and after the payment of my just debts if there should be balance enough to bear the expenses & send the negroes away either to a free state or Liberia (to which I would advise all of them to go) I direct my executor hereafter named to appropriate to that purpose the said balance & while he is settling up and collecting the debts I say that he must hire them all out to the best advantage privately or publicly so that they have good homes and the money arising from the hire to be applied to the benefit of their removal. This clause I request my executor hereafter named religiously to observe. 4th I give unto Albert Dabney my books and all accounts due by him to me & watch. 5th I give unto Mary Bott a sorrel horse called Rock. 6th I give unto Wm H Brown my grey horse named Prince. Lastly I nominate & appoint Albert Dabney executor to this my last will and testament and request the County Court of Dinwiddie not to require security of him for his administration and I likewise leave it discretionary with him to sell the property not dispose of, either publicly or privately to the best advantage. Written with my own hand & without the advice or consultation of any human being and signed with my seal this 5th day of August 1844. Jas. Epes (seal) At a court held for Dinwiddie County on the 21st day of October 1844. This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of James Epes dec’d was produced in court, in order to be proved and there being no subscribing witness thereto, John P. Crump and George W. Crump were sworn, and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testators hand writing and verily believe the same and the name thereto subscribed to be wholly written by the testators own hand. Whereupon, it is ordered that the said writing be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said James Epes deceased. And on the motion of Albert Dabney Executor therein named who made oath thereto, and entered into bond in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste, Jn. P. Crump CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 3:615 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted unclear Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dinwiddie County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/19/1841 Location The location of the interview Dinwiddie County Virginia Manumitter William Ross Manumitted Maria Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I William Ross of the County of Dinwiddie do hereby make, constitute and ordain this to be my last will & testament in manner and form following to wit: 1st My will and desire is that all my just debts be first paid. 2ndly I hereby emancipate, liberate, set free and forever release from slavery a negro woman named Maria, formerly of the estate of Armistead Capels deceased, which I purchased from Amelia Pritchell, and I do furthermore give unto the said negro woman Maria the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of removing to a free state. My reason for this act is that Sally and Rebecca Capels at the time they made their last wills requested that I should purchase the said slave from whoever she should fall into the hands of, and at my death set her free and bequeath to use certain property to intending use for that purpose, which was provided on my part. 3rdly I give unto my brother in law William H. Cousins my watch and sleeve buttons, also my gig and Charles mare to him & his heirs forever. 4thly I give and bequeath to my niece Caroline Hardaway the following slave to wit. Luke and his wife [?Courala?] and their child Henry with the future increase of the said [?Courala?], to her and her heirs forever. 5thly I give and bequeath to my niece Pamelia A. Hardaway a negro woman by the name of Alsey and her two children also a negro boy by the name of Jesse now at Butterwood plantation, to her and her heirs forever. 6thly I give and bequeath to my wife Mary S Ross all my lands wherever the same may be situated, and also all the residue and remainder or balance of my negroes I give and bequeath unto my said wife, to her and her heirs forever. And I also give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary S Ross all the residue or balance of my estate of every description and denomination whatsoever to her and her heirs forever. And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Mary S. Ross Executrix and my brother in law William H. Cousins executor to this my last will and testament, requesting that the court will permit them to qualify as such without requiring security of either of them. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal to this my last will and testament, the whole of which is written in my own proper hand writing this 15th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. W Ross (seal) At a court held for Dinwiddie County on the 15th day of March 1841. This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Wiliam Ross deceased, was produced in court and there being no subscribing witness thereto, Edward L. Pegram, David May, Alfred J. Vaughan and Francis Meredith were sworn and severally deposed, that they are well acquainted with the testator hand writing, and verily believe the said writing and the name thereto subscribed, to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand. Whereupon the said writing is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said William Ross deceased. And at another court held for the said County on the 19th day of April 1841 on the motion of Mary S. Ross Executrix named in the will, who made oath thereto according to law, and entered into bond in the penalty of one hundred thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste, Jn P. Crump CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 3:77 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1841 - Ross to Maria - Dinwiddie Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1841