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Title A name given to the resource Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/08/1853 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Elizabeth Woodson Manumitted Joe, Mary, Caitty Text of Freedom Document Whereas Elizabeth Woodson late of the County of Powhatan did by her last will and testament duly admitted to record in the clerk’s office of the County Court of Powhatan emancipate certain slaves to wit Joe, Mary his wife and Cathy her daughter and directed her personal representative to execute to said slaves a deed for their freedom. Now this indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises I Charles Selden duly appointed by the County Court of Powhatan as adm. or the said Woodson do by these presents emancipate the said slaves to wit Joe Mary and Cathy. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 8th day of March 1853. C. Selden Adm (seal) of E. Woodson dec’d Powhatan Court On this 8th day of March 1853 Charles Selden appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County & acknowledged the above deed of emancipation to be his act. Given under my hand. John Spears J.P. Powhatan County Court Clerk’s Office March the 8th 1853 The foregoing deed of emancipation which has been duly acknowledged by Ch’s Selden a party thereto before a Magistrate of this County & certified was this day received in this office and admitted to record. Teste, Wm S Dance C Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:79 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 1853 - Woodson to Joe, et al - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1853 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/d25dcc75021f709015fa2578672e282e.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=RYC9%7E%7EXKVDFWcDX1JFUVZ77gFJgx9xM3IX77Zvhe5M2VHjHTPXiPyKq3awKAMYGrSJ3sTRvSRQREsfdKVy7ECwae9hMIbyzACau1t2MA1W2rnHfT6onrfyY3jC5X92gr1MSc1nPG2lg0rlr%7EXzZlco6lnA-jRoNlcM1%7E8M6SNFCuA0X0qXM8COBwbjSPsOntExewMO-6LbwgyDenCk2TJQFJezLqjYHmn60gQwBd2z3P1YxOWJH0-FoFtUrk33aLbUhnbFoLZDKloINTBv5k-rSue8hpeuZ3xb0Y2ZFa-UPxvhXk6JekP1YrLmeHtnbyyWSV218szcz2ksUaZhkcUg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3128db924822334f26a958e46e7d0bda 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/01/1847 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Blair Burwell Manumitted Billy Stuart John Hobson Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that we Blair Burwell and Jno C Hobson of the County of Powhatan & State of Virginia for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars paid by Billy Stuart to the said Blair Burwell (it being the amount heretofore advanced by the said Burwell to aid in the purchase of the said Billy Stuart from Jno B Alexander) have this day emancipated and set free and by these presents do hereby emancipate set free and forever discharge the said Billy Stuart from servitude or slavery through all time to come and we do hereby consent and agree that the said Billy Stuart shall & may enjoy all the rights privileges and immunities as a free man discharged from the claim of both and each of us, and all persons claiming under us in as full and ample a manner as the laws of the land will admit. In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands & seals this sixth day of March eighteen hundred and forty six. Witness Blair Burwell (seal) Jno W. Nash Jno C Hobson (seal) Tho’s P. Nash Wm Crump Jr At a court held for Powhatan County at the Courthouse thereof on Monday the 7th day of Sept 1846. The foregoing deed of emancipation was presented in court and proved by the oath of Wm Crump Jr a subscribing witness thereto & continued. And at another court held for the said County at the Courthouse aforesaid on the 1st day of November 1847, the said deed was again presented in court & further proved by the oath of Tho. P Nash another witness thereto & ordered to be recorded. Teste, Willis J Davies DC Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 17:352 Self Purchase Amount $350 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 1847 - Burwell to Billy Stuart - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1847 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/d010660dfd4a4496fd1a3eb1d674ea89.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=rMc4J0YXWPVcQmdsJ2zi53yMUyeEdl0-s4BqanQTf4WBhRerqkf3WHcHtQM1zAEojaPj2ys%7ESh2qIYEQFhy9rAFqeZnzXLvAZ8QbSw%7EP18jthRdJfcd4g4JiBe4PuAVSIYvAU55tRGfvmDNVkHoeTEhJ7THXmVHZapIde%7ECc7UCMuXzP2L1OVZu0ghmA7gnuGnEBuwgZbx89XYjqCLsChq8Vete-5GV1HEksoNjq3O4Y5qXm%7E5Gq4NZasr6fiJzYSq0AIrCHKxb66mogbV%7EPMs%7EF%7EML5kwE5h%7EmXZRFZJAzXa2PsAajFELO2MMvhjIVYR7%7EkcjyWKNct0xHT73Te1Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6a3ab35d9c326588b2bf6e677f430643 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 12/04/1837 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Richard W Atkinson Manumitted Sarah, Richard, Isaac, Adelia, Dilsy (Dulcinen), Mary Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Richard W Atkinson of the County of Powhatan and State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and set free my following slaves male and female to wit, Sarah born on the 17th July 1814 and her child Richard about 18 months old; Isaac born on the 11th September 1816, Adelia born on the 12th August 1818; Dilsey or Dulcinen born on the 12th August 1820; and Mary about five or six years old; and I hereby declare the aforesaid negro slaves to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of free persons with which it is in my power to vest them. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this the 4th day of December 1837. Richard W Atkinson (seal) At a Court held for Powhatan County at the courthouse thereof on Monday the 4th day of December 1837. The foregoing deed of emancipation was presented in court and acknowledged by Richard W. Atkinson to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. Teste, R.F. Graves D.C. Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 6 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 14:6 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/22/1833 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Judith M Smith Manumitted Wilson Bates Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Judith M Smith of the County of Powhatan in the State of Virginia have emancipated and set free, and do by these presents emancipate and set free a negro man slave named Wilson Bates of light complexion and about 28 years of age. And I do hereby publish to all whom it may concern that the said Wilson is henceforth to be fully and absolutely discharged from slavery and placed upon a footing with other free people of color as fully and completely as the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia will permit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 21st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three. Signed sealed and del’d Judith M Smith (seal) in presence of Joseph E Curtis, John H Saunders Josiah Smith At a court continued and held for Powhatan county at the Courthouse thereof on Friday the 22nd day of March 1833. The foregoing indenture of emancipation was presented in court and proved to be the act and deed of Judith M Smith a party to the same by the oaths of Joseph E Curtis, John H Saunders and Josiah Smith subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, RF Graves D.C. Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:303 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 1833 - Smith to Wilson Bates - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1833 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/35b66a2cff4bdc6814c9745e9826a267.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=Obl49Cen%7EbwwcB4h1IWt1OBYVEHW0DQ6WP9zKFlap%7ErM7-VJA2Spc4-QP0qpiG3gyeWcXsXCGgomz0Hc7TYyFXj2c9YG3rH-ahzMert1uFVxW7up56j3raaTxmeOXeUTX9x1VH6ze-jAMX0G-sK7XyqyTiwv6wdFeaI81arCzGYaMBYJZ2qKVoGGRiMIQf4THLZ1Pgr6CN3nvFz7VCHISedCJZYm5yoWBWcQL-HL61yOoy2Q6QEHGzwP-0UYR9yB1p6nvDsQ1VCjGtuGs8zDfgZ3VRiPc%7Ey5qwPmhPnxrCboh%7EsDtWjvdb8gVnmlG0OrJRuJrq5hwG46LVB1lLRzug__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 51d321d34d15c9bfba2977d708ffe8a5 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/28/1823 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Thomas A Taylor Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document Be it remembered that I Thomas A Taylor of the County of Powhatan, for his past meritorious services, his uniformity, honest, and upright deportment, and for other equally momentous considerations, do hereby, as the laws of the State of Virginia, may in such cases direct, wish to emancipate, liberate, and effectually set free my, at present colored man and slave, named Ben, and I the said Thomas A Taylor accordingly hereby do, should the worshipful Court of Powhatan County not disapprove of the act, by these presents, most fully and effectually emancipate, liberate and set free my said man, and present slave named Ben, and I the said Thomas A Taylor do hereby further declare it to be my most earnest wish, desire and request that he my present slave named Ben may henceforward to be considered and treated as a free man, to all intents and purposes, or as nearly so as the tenor of the said state laws may be found consistently to admit; and it is the further desire and request of him, the said applicant Thomas A Taylor, that he, the said negro man named Ben, after his being emancipated, by permission, may by the said worshipful court, be permitted to reside in the said County of Powhatan, unmolested, so long as his, the said man named Ben’s conduct may be found to be uniformly orderly upright and perfectly consistent with such permission. The said man named Ben is about thirty one years old, is believed to be sound and has been hitherto as free from casual or other sickness as could reasonably be expected. In testimony whereof and every part hereof he Thomas A Taylor aforesaid, hath hereunto subscribed his name and affixed his seal this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. Thomas A Taylor (seal) At a court of quarterly sessions for the county of Powhatan on the 28th day of November 1823. This deed of emancipation from Thomas A Taylor to a negro man named Ben, late the property of the said Thomas A Taylor, was presented in court and acknowledged by the said Thomas A Taylor to be his act and deed, and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded. 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Title A name given to the resource Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/17/1820 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Clairborne Gray Manumitted Polly Gray, Harriett Gray, James Gray Text of Freedom Document To all whom these presents shall come Greeting; Know ye that I Claiborne Gray, of the County Powhatan for and in consideration to and of the sum of one dollar current money of Virginia and for the natural love and affection I bear to my children, Polly Gray about 20 years of age, Harriatt Gray about 18 years of age, and her child, Jane Gray, about 2 years of age, being now my slaves, I do hereby emancipate and set free and their future increase forever, they being the negroes set free by a decree of the high court of Appeal to when they shall respectively arrive to the age of thirty years, all which will more fully appear, reference being had to the said decree of the said highest court of Appeals on the suit of Ned a pauper against Pleasants and Logan. And I do hereby forever warrant and defend the title to freedom to the said Polly Gray, Harriatt Gray and her child Jane Gray and their future increase, forever, against myself, my heirs, and against the claim of all other persons whatsoever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this 17th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Signed and sealed in Claiborne Gray (seal) the presence of us: At a Court of monthly sessions holden for the county of Powhatan on the 17th day of February 1820. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and acknowledged by Claiborne Gray, a party thereto, to be his act and deed, and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded. Teste, Wm S Dance C Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 7:295 Self Purchase Amount $1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/15/1818 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Frederick Woodson Manumitted Caroline Matilda Text of Freedom Document This indenture made this twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, between Charles Woodson of the County of Prince Edward, and State of Virginia of one part, and Caroline Matilda, a mulatto girl, late the slave of Frederick Woodson deceased, of the County of Powhatan, and said State of the other part; witnesseth that the said Frederick Woodson hath by his last will and testament (which is of record in the county court of Powhatan) directed the said Caroline Matilda to be emancipated, and that his Executors shall give to the said Caroline Matilda a deed of emancipation; and the said Charles Woodson, being one of the executors to the said last will and testament, and duly qualified according to law, doth by this indenture fully and freely emancipate the said mulatto girl Caroline Matilda, to all intents and purposes; and doth hereby publish to all whom it may concern that she is from henceforth enfranchised and placed upon a footing with other free people of color, as fully and completely as the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia will permit, and the just claims of creditors will allow. In testimony whereof I, the said Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, have hereunto placed my hand and affixed my seal this day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and published by Charles Woodson Executor of Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Frederick Woodson (seal) Woodson decease in presence of Charles Taylor William Pope James G Hunter Samuel Woodfin George Taylor At a court of quarterly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan on the 15th day of April 1818. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and proven to be the act and deed of Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, a party thereto, by the oaths of Charles Taylor and George Taylor, and by the affirmation of Samuel Woodfin, subscribing witnesses and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded. 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Title A name given to the resource Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/15/1818 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Frederick Woodson Manumitted Betty Text of Freedom Document This indenture made this twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen between Charles Woodson of the County of Prince Edward and State of Virginia, of one part, and Betty, a negro woman, late the slave of Frederick Woodson deceased, of the County of Powhatan, and said state, of the other part; witnesseth that the said Frederick Woodson hath by his last will and testament (which is of record in the County Court of Powhatan) directed the said slave Betty to be emancipated, and that his Executors shall give to the said Betty a deed of emancipation; and the said Charles Woodson, being one of the executors to the said last will and testament, and duly qualified according to law, doth by this indenture fully and freely emancipate the said slave Betty, to all intents and purposes; and doth hereby publish to all whom it may concern, that she is from henceforth enfranchised and placed upon a footing with other free people of color as fully and completely as the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia will permit, and the just claims of creditors will allow. In witness whereof I, the said Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, have hereunto placed my hand and fixed my seal this day and year first above written. Signed, sealed, and published by Charles Woodson Charles Woodson, Executor of Frederick Executor of Woodson in presence of Frederick Woodson (seal) Charles Taylor William Pope Samuel Woodfin James G Hunter George Taylor At a court of quarterly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan on the 15th day of April 1818. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and proven to be the act and deed of Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased by the oaths of Charles Taylor and George Taylor, and by the affirmation of Samuel Woodfin, subscribing witnesses, and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded. Teste, Wm S Dance C Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 6:515 Notes Notes regarding the record Deed implementing will 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 1818 - Woodson to Betty - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1818 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/a9929a8ddea8e0a07c6ed9f6480869de.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=UNRZLJWBhJksbhnQGkaZLm1bGCw1nPUM%7E2Du7BYmo6B1sdKK841UWwozO6cz1dOgEj8td28vuitpAOjrAeDl%7EQAupeikzbLKnz6M5aiz-1SYc0SJmpIfXN4IsyySYFDaxkMWwO6BY-GgSnN0iDZFZDU%7ETEM-OZUxIVxUnh76zzglECdBkBnB42ZhgxgabAVVCQ134IiWXyOSchASbJDW%7E3610EEr2hVW29jSayrRpHzn8Nm0ScEXy0eF-KrrcDHNM6VKWhI7qWUdlwng2MCl4-sBpTdiZuRVGez8h6dZhkeNb47hejcqfjMCt3jHiNuLEzvFLuKCZqBB%7E2HJ3v-%7Ekw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 04592ea0d20099fc1479a25537c692fa 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/17/1813 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Frederick Woodson Manumitted Edward Woodson Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Frederick Woodson of the County of Powhatan, and Commonwealth of Virginia, in consideration of the trusty and faithful services of Edward Woodson, my negro man slave (born in April in the year of Christ 1785- four feet ten inches in height, strong build in statue, and slow and hoarse of speech). And also for divers good causes and considerations me, the said Frederick Woodson, hereunto moving, have given, granted, and confirmed and from the delivery of these presents, do give, grant, and confirm unto the said Edward Woodson, a negro man, full and perfect freedom and emancipation to the said Edward Woodson, a negro man against me the said Frederick Woodson, my heirs, executors and administrators and all and every other person and persons whomsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In testimony whereof I the said Frederick Woodson, have on this 16th day of November in the year of Christ 1813 and of our Independence the 38th subscribed my name and affixed my seal and delivered to the said Edward Woodson a negro man & this deed of emancipation. Frederick Woodson (seal) Virginia, to wit: At a court of monthly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan, in the state aforesaid, at the Courthouse of the said county, on the 17th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, this deed of emancipation from Frederick Woodson to a negro man named Edward Woodson, was presented in court and acknowledged by the said Frederick Woodson to be his act and deed and was thereupon ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jas Poindexter CPCC Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 4:550 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 1813 - Woodson to Edward Woodson - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1813 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/c7d93c83bc4a8474975efa92e38223a2.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=v8G1BRBn9KZtUo8jGtAOci9qdJxur2ZzC3lfUofgBdUzjOMuHcQlQdi6H61-yhEUqKJMnS3UvZB9VABYqMK-dVs8rhKOR9JEAQF3BIWJTtcHc9cV3R-cDFbBybr9imn9YTNiDzrtoOCHLXNMbhD9nhm5EFcysycna4squ%7EkxoMZfrnOIMmY88vD0FHJTNTXPBv1OAJdhP9eSGjiZpKFtLvAVVRI0lEfiRba5pfcnV3DPJNpaI4PsgNitpwPuBBp59UftujA0ESGjqfXJ26PEhGUysSy2Jb2SsyWdgx26EwXo7zvxcl3nUlwWMo-29IotgO7vu27xI69WbAWLwQAnng__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 646722e19a6364cd69f5ab7440042bfb 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 09/17/1806 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Obedience Turpin, et al Manumitted Kitty Text of Freedom Document To all to whom these presents may concern, know ye that for divers good causes to us know, that we Thomas Turpin, Obedience J Turpin & Sally G Turpin, do for selves, our heirs executors, administrators and assigns, liberate, emancipate and set free, a mulatto girl named Kitty, her and her heirs for ever, being now the individual property of the estate of Thomas Turpin, or so much of the interest of the said girl as may belong to us the said Obedience J Turpin & Sally G Turpin, we do for ourselves & forever warrant and defend from all persons claiming any interest in the said mulatto girl Kitty. Witness our hands & seals this first day of Apr 1798. Signed sealed & acknowledged Obedience J Turpin (seal) in the presence of Sally G Turpin (seal) Hori Turpin T Turpin (seal) Richard Ligon At a court held for Powhatan County, the 17th day of September 1806, this deed of emancipation from Obedience J Turpin, Sally G Turpin and Thomas Turpin, to a mulatto girl slave named Kitty, was presented in court and proved by the oath of Horatio Turpin a subscribing witness thereto, and by the court admitted to record. Test, Jas. Poindexter Clk Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 3:397 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 1806 - Turpin to Kitty - Powhatan Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1806