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Title A name given to the resource Campbell County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Campbell VA Manumitter Matilda Patterson Manumitted Bob, Jinney, McCredie, Perlinda Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 4 Text of Freedom Document Wills Book 8, Pg 41 I Matilda Patterson of Campbell County do you make this my last will and testament as followeth- it is my wish and desire that my four slaves Bob, Janney, and her two children McCredie and Perlina Be sent to some colony, country, or state which does not hold slaves. I desire that my executor hereafter named see that is faithfully carried into execution at the time which may be deemed most advisable and convenient not exceeding ten years from the date of my death. It may be necessary to hire out the said slaves for the purpose of raising funds to defray the necessary expenses of transporting and subsisting for a short space of time after settlement. I give to my Grand Daughter Martha Ann Patterson a bed and furniture- all the balance of my property which I hold on my own right I wish divided equally between my sons Alexander Patterson and D.B. Pattersons family but not to be subject to the debts or contracts of the said D.B. Patterson any surplus hire occurring from said- slaves over and above what may be necessary for the purpose above named I wish to be divided as above. Lastly I constitute and appoint Alexander Patterson executor to this my last will and testament and desire that no security be required of him. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of July 1833. Matilda Patterson seal Acknowledged in the presence of Susan A. Patterson Mary D Patterson At a Court continued and held for Campbell County June 14th 1836 This last will and testament of Matilda Patterson deceased was presented in court proved by the oath of Susan Patterson the surviving witness thereto who also testified to the handwriting of Mary Patterson deceased the other witness thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded. Teste John Alexander Clk. Document Type LW&T Record Location WB 8:41 Date Court Date 06/14/1836 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 Campbell County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Campbell VA Manumitter Jesse Wood Manumitted Tom, Patsey, Agg, Wiat, Catharine, Pertina, John White, Albert Wats, Angeline, Nancy Walker, Mary Ann, Griffen Larrson, William Phill, Will, _ick, Isaac, Dick, George, Henry Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 20 Text of Freedom Document Wills Book 8, P64 In the name of God amen I Jesse Wood the County of Campbell and State of Virginia being in sound mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed for all once to die I do my last will and revoking all will heretofore made by me In the first my Executrix and Executor hereafter named will pay all just debts or claims which at my Death may be owing by me I do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in order to prevent all strife and ____ that might arise amongst my relations after my death and for purpose do appoint William Davis Jr and Peter Dudley both of Lynchburg John Peterson my Executors and Jonathan Johnson Benjamin Schoolfield from Lynchburg I lend to my wife Nancy Wood lands and plantations and negroes and the hole of my Estate real and personal during her life The negroes not to be moved out of the County I order Tom and Patsy his wife to take Nancy’s children six in number Walher Mary Ann Griffen Diana William Larrson and Phill and old Agg and raise as them your own and make them keep alike your own and after they come of age I give them all their freedom Agg to work for living my mag and Team I order to be helped up and managed by Tom and Wiat after my misses Death if she survive me or mine if I survive her I give my negroes all their freedom Jon Patsey their children six in number Wiat Catharine Pertina John White Albert and Phil Will Jack and Isaac Dick George Henry When we are done my Executors will pay all my just debts and then should there be any debts brought against my estate if there is known to me and Estate listed my Executors sell a part of my real Estate or hire out the negroes which to them some make advantage as I owe nothing of account my Executors will convey the negroes to Ohio or some free State where they can use my Estate is to pay for all charges and trouble and if any left____to Tom my real estate if not sold start ____ sold on a credit to enable to fetch something and___ Collected sent to Tom. Tom must have his bonds and notes sent to me paid at ten per cent per annum my Executors must take my estate real and personal all my household and kitchen furniture tools of every and description stok of every kind in his opinion convey in fee simple to purchase all my real estate and my Executors as soon as in necessary sell it for cash and move them to Ohio State or some free state most advantageous for them and after paying all necessary expenses and trouble They be at the balance pay to Tom and his wife Patsey the negros to be free then forever let them that has wifes and children stay for go which they please the hole if my negroes be free Tom Patsey his wife and six children Wiat Catahrine Pertina John White Albert a Wats Ovelina Nancy children Walker Mary An. Grifen Dianer Willaim Lawson and Phil Fioe Will Jack Isaac Henry Gorge Dick Henry Agg I give one dollar to my brother Edmund Wood and his heirs forever I give one dollar To sister Patsey Elizabeth Rosser and her heirs forever I give one dollar To Patsey Arrington and her heirs forever I give to my brother John Wood a debt that I paid for him sixteen pound and nine pence to Pain and Harrison and others other debts he old Let Tom help his waggon and team Teste Thomas D Evans, Rees Evans Elizabeth Garvin At a Court held for Campbell County September 11th 1830 The foregoing last will and testament of Jesse Wood Deceased was produced in court proved by the oaths of Thomas D Evans Rees Evans and Elizabeth Garvin witnesses thereunto subscribed and on the motion of Adler Arrington he is made defendant and the same is continued until the next term And at a Court held for Campbell County the 18th day of October following the same was again produced in Court argued by council and ordered to be recorded Teste John Alexander CCC Document Type LW&T Record Location WB 8:63-64 Date Court Date 09/11/1836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Campbell County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Campbell VA Manumitter David J. Thompson Manumitted Robert Thompson Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Text of Freedom Document Deed Book 20, Pg 359 Know all men by these presents that I David S Thompson of the County of Campbell and State of Virginia have this day emancipated and set free a negro man slave now in my possession aged about twenty five years of a light complexion and I do for myself and my heirs executors and administrators set free the said slave Robert alias Robert Thompson to his person and all estate he may hereafter acquire. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of October 1836 David S Thompson seal Signed and acknowledged in the presence of John Alexander Herman Jordan Campbell Clerks Office October 6th 1836 this deed of emancipation presented in office acknowledged by David S Thompson a party thereto and admitted to Record Teste John Alexander CCC Document Type Deed Record Location B 20:359 Date Court Date 10/06/1836 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 Bedford County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Bedford VA Manumitter Beverly Scott Witnesses M. Garland, C. Mosby Manumitted Isaac Scott Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Text of Freedom Document Deed Book 25, Pgs 276-277 Whereas, during a long and painful illness in the city of Philadelphia of nearly seven months in the year 1835= 36, Isaac a slave was unceasingly kind and devoted in his attendance on me, having hardly even left my room and bedside during the time: and whereas I attribute as did my physicians, the most eminent in Philadelphia much of my renovated health to him and his services, for which, I am inspired with a most lively feeling of gratitude. And whereas I regard him a most worthy man, and his general character, without exception good and feel that his services aforsaid cannot be adequately compensated by money - therefore this indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises, I have emancipated and set free and do by these presents emancipate and set free the said Isaac sometimes called Isaac Harrison and I hereby covenant that he shall enjoy perpetual freedom, free from the claims of slavery, of myself, my heirs and also of all and every person claiming by through or under meWitness my hand and seal this 5th day of May 1836. Beasley R. Scott seal Signed, sealed, delivered and acknowledged in the presence of MH Garland CL Mosby Bedford Clerks Office May 10th 1836 This deed of emancipation from Beverly R Scott to Isaac sometimes called Isaac Harrison was produced in office proved by the oath of the subscribing witnesses thereto and admitted to record. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bedford County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Bedford VA Manumitter Samuel Phillips Executor G. Wingfield, J. Sale Manumitted Becky Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Text of Freedom Document Deed Book 25, Pg 413 Know all men buy these presents that I Samuel Phillips of the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia for divine good causes and caused motions me thereunto moving have and by these presents do manumit , liberate and forever set free from the bonds of slavery my negro woman slave named Becky and I do by these presents for myself my heirs, executors, and administrators forever remiss, release and grant all claiming of property in and to the said Becky as a slave from this date of these presents henceforth and forever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. S. Phillips seal Signed sealed and delivered In the presence of Geo Wingfield Jno F. Sale Virginia Bedford County court clerks office November 1st 1836. This deed of emancipation from Samuel Phillips to his negro woman slave Becky was produced in office acknowledged by said Phillips and admitted to record. Teste Rob. C. Mitchell CBC Site pages Document Type Deed Record Location B25, P413 (land) Date Court Date 11/01/1836 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 Amherst County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/05/1836 Location The location of the interview Amherst County Virginia Manumitter Richard Smith, Sr. Manumitted Leanty (45), Henry, Mary Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 9:256 Text of Freedom Document In the name of God. I Richard Smith of the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia being at this time in feeble health but of disposing mind and memory and desirous of giving direction after my death to the Estate it has pleased providence to bless me with do hereby will and ordain the following as my last will and testament intending to revoke all others by me heretofore made. In the first place. It is my will and desire that my Executors hereafter named do and of my Estate pay and satisfy all my just debts and for that purpose I charge my whole Estate but in the order hereinafter mentioned. Secondly. It is my desire that on the happening of my death or as soon after as the crop on hand shall be finished my Executors shall proceed to sell all my perishable Estate except my Slaves and that they also sell my lands, which is a Tract lying in the County of Amherst whereon I at this time reside the terms of sale in every case where a sale is directed to be left to the discretion of my Executors who will be guided therein, as such sale as shall best and in the most ready way effectuate the whole purpose of my will. Thirdly. I calculate that the proceeds of the sales of my perishable Estate other than of my Slaves will be more than sufficient to satisfy and pay my funeral expenses and just debts, and should it so exceed them then I direct that my Executors shall heed such residuum subject to the will and purposes herein after set forth. But should it not be sufficient I direct that so much of the proceeds of the sale of my lands may be applied until said funeral expenses and just debts are fully paid. Fourthly. It is my will and desire that my slaves Leanty a woman about forty five years of age. Mary her daughter and Henry her son he and they are hereby manumitted them and the increase of the females which may after any time of the date hereof be born unto them. Fifthly. I give to my said Slaves hereby intended to be manumitted that is Leanty, Mary and Henry in equal portions any residue arising from the sales of my perishable Estate first deducting there from as herein before provided my funeral expenses and just debts, and I also give to the same persons and in the same proportions five hundred dollars out of the proceeds of the sale of my lands to them and to their heirs forever. Sixthly. It being suggested by my legal advisor, that Slaves manumitted like the foregoing are forbidden by the Laws of the Commonwealth to remain therein beyond the term of seven months this being the case It is my desire that my Executors do apply to the Legislature by petition on behalf of the said Slaves praying that an act may pass allowing them to reside within this State. If upon application to the proper tribunal leave cannot be obtained for the said Slaves to be manumitted as aforesaid to remain in the State, then it will be a subject left to the judgment and discretion or rather choice of the said Leanty, Mary and Henry to remove themselves without the limits of the Commonwealth to such place or places as they may be enabled to enjoy their freedom or to remain within it and they and their posterity to be the slaves of some person or persons. If they decide upon removal then I decide that my Executors shall appropriate to their use the pecuniary legacies herein before given to the purposes of such removal and the settlement of themselves in the Country they may emigrate to and in the selection of which I desire that my Executors may aid them by their advice and better rights on the subject. If on the contrary leave cannot be obtained for their remaining within the State and they prefer to remain here and be Slaves then it is my will and desire that the said Leanty, Mary and Henry be left at liberty freely to choose from amongst my blood relations their Master or Masters Mistress or Mistresses as they and each of them shall see fit and the person or persons so selected to heed them or him as his or her property together with the share of the pecuniary Legacies to which he she or they of the said persons Leanty, Mary or Henry according to the foregoing provisions may be entitled without charge therefore. In this latter case altho [sic] I cannot impose any legal condition upon the title and ownership which will accrue to the selected relation or relations yet I will make the request that each relation or relations will not only treat them humanely but show them all the favor allowed by the Laws of the Land, the usages of our Society, and as far as may be appropriate the money which may go with them to their extraordinary comforts and convenience. Seventhly. Should there be any surplus arising from the Sales of my Lands after satisfying the foregoing purposes of my will, I desire that it be paid over by my Executors to my friends Dudley Sandridge, Dabney Sandridge, James Powell, and Charles Tucker in equal portions which I give to them respectively and their heirs forever. Eighthly. I give to my nephew Jacob Smith son of John & Sarah Smith the three following Slaves that is to say: Neely, Kelly, and John to him and his heirs forever. Ninthly. I give to my nephew Richard Smith Jr. son to William and Philadelphia Smith the seven following Slaves that is to say: Harry, Peter, Simon, Ann, Leanty (the younger), Caroline, and Davy to him and his heirs forever. But my said nephew Richard is to take the said seven slaves charged with the sum of one thousand dollars to be paid by him to my nephew Richard B Smith son to John and Sarah Smith to be paid by the said Richard to the said Richard in ten annual equal installments from the date of my death. Tenthly. I give to my nephew the said Richard B Smith the said one thousand dollars charged upon the legacy of my said nephew Richard Smith Jr to be paid him to therein provided to him and his heirs forever. I do lastly hereby appoint my nephews Richard smith Jr and Richard B Smith both aforesaid the Executors of this my last will and testament. In testimony of all which I have hereunto signed my name sealed with my seal and dated this 5th day of April 1836. Richard Smith Sr. (seal) Signed sealed published and declared by Richard Smith as and for his last will and testament in the presence and hearing of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses. Benj. Taliaferro R. Henley Henry J Rose At a Court held for Amherst County on the 16th day of May 1836. This last will and testament of Richard Smith Sen. deceased was produced in Court proved by the oaths of Benjamin Taliaferro, Richardson Henley, and Henry J Rose, subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And thereupon a motion of Richard Smith Jr one of the Executors named in said will who made oath according to Law and together with Daniel S Coleman and Addison Taliaferro his securities entered into and acknowledged a Bond in the penalty of $17000 conditioned according to Law which is ordered to be recorded. Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form and liberty and reserved to the other Executor therein named to join in the probate if he shall hereafter think proper. Teste Robert Tinsley, Clerk 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 1836 - Smith to Leanty, et al. - Amherst Co, VA Description An account of the resource Manumission of Leanty, Henry, and Mary by the last will of Richard Smith of Amherst County, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/eea1c13215397b97ab219f806e330a92.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=bXfDuWxyGo2%7EZG%7EKlPMHFNl1weXDruWqjZyfW%7Ehm0l7yLNzwj7NFfLmzRM8LLZNQ9DPznVT7-pt9%7E-8E%7EcODDO%7E9ZhjtDSYQIcxvAdjNFdIhmq-e20jYQRoVq17jwi866gFOubZLCu4eY3%7Ekz-KtE63cVFIIXcX8m7q6L-z-VwAhZ36p59AaRVntsRw2WJOy2oxt%7EYWhkwDFLszNbytQM%7E%7E8W1SeImW0kAN%7EpfesykUu8TbmR6JJyQ3fRiT2BclLekZo6t9lWX0Y7UAUNyZk3RdzJY8vsSNJfcSg-mWOXrcufLtbUDYJipcVIUNi3UJ8bFUk6G-3fq6hQVJ4LrJpuA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b4b391b0f1e887453d79bf5a380deea6 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/81643408537bd28b547ece727158712f.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=Q07ERw18-Mxxj-CeIKTp1-aj-h%7Eygk7bRN67OEJkopNiqTTCrcFivCZTSJcECF1MsvWcPZKH3QrbU6OVjfUi3OfO3l23NigR6HsTQkHfgS1FHBdtrF8Ws1-%7EdTUU24zRYrvOBSA484j1pexR1ih7WQRxYbEDzpZ7mwiJPDwASX9cPEo9L32XYw00Usr-WdzYQKFC53U5DysiwjRFQVm5ZoFq7H9djNsjfoXDukP64ikAp146upW4m0haeJ7rOuYiu5RF3XTkRYhMY1C18ibJUWwTS%7EmPaUK8ilXYGyG8LzoBLWihK0fTz7jgqk-P55fuXFy4gZmxAzcSG%7EnYfdbNnA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 126ad04a5e9341e5cb113f5eecedbe22 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 Albemarle County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/04/1836 Location The location of the interview Albemarle County Virginia Manumitter William J. Minor Manumitted Louisa, Dabney, Peter Record Location DB 33:105 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Martha L Minor, of the County of Albemarle, and State of Virginia have emancipated, and set free my negro woman slave by name Louisa, and two negro boys, her sons by name Dabney & Peter, and do by these presents emancipate and forever set free my said negro slaves, in testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this seventh day of December 1835. Signed, Sealed and acknowledged in the presences of John Cochran Egbert R. Watson At a Court held for Albemarle County 4th January 1836 This Indenture of Emancipation was produced in open Court & being proved by the oath of John Cochran one of the witnesses thereto, ordered to be recorded Test, Ira Garrett C.C. Document Type Deed 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 1836 - Minor to Louisa, et al. - Albemarle Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/9d9631a73762f6adc3c4440b9edd9504.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=fTucRC7nXz4QLfvD-d36zDKvdIz8BlVI%7EOMk-IXwHyO7zkGhWtF4QJPUTVfFmvkA7knmMC%7EfBmZAsQgB5OVubyCsbDyb2HM2oU%7EsovOg8%7E-KKbGOY-ukKxo-qZVQQiyxWngHNyCUs9XToniGAZ0gEkRiQI62%7Edb9NY05oAcL76rNmCTgMNjUCXV8Ud5kKN%7EJtwbqB7dw9gRxB-lmX8tc3AjYxK1g1ps5alvPQrNjfndxdQOzOkboPsCrrpkFnt52ahpi6rWxZ4-hH0DiOfGZjTIuQ9-iRiP2foF02ltyZXPIE7q3qnrm8ZXU3pgq74OzKWJBfhzBK20k%7EhA2k-RqkA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 13a0d71f2d3dd758cdcd65179edcf930 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 Albemarle County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/11/1836 Location The location of the interview Albemarle County Virginia Manumitter William Spinner Manumitted Sandy Lymus Record Location DB 33:325 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Text of Freedom Document This indenture made this 10th day of May 1836 between William Spinner of the town of Charlottesville and county of Albemarle of the one part and Sandy otherwise called Sandy Lymas a slave of the other part witnesseth that the said William Spinner for and in consideration of the regard and affection which he entertains towards the said Sandy alias Sandy Lymas as well as for the further considerance of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said Sandy alias Sandy Lymas, doth manumit and set free and release the said Sandy from all obligations of slavery, dissolving and making the bonds existing between master and slave and making the said Sandy alias Sandy Lymas a Freedman in as full and ample a meaning as is allowed by the laws of Virginia and the freedom of the said Sandy and all entitlements change from all allegiance as a slave unto him the said William Spinner he the said William Spinner doth for himself has herein exhort & admit unto the said Sandy alias Sandy Lymas covenant to forever warrant and defend in wellness whereof he hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year above mentioned. Signed Sealed and acknowledged in presence of E. R. Watson His mark William X Spinner seal Clerk’s office of Albemarle County Court May 11 1836 This indenture of manumission was this day presented in said office & acknowledged before me by William Spinner & admitted to record. Teste, N. W. Tompkins D.C. 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 1836 - Spinner to Sandy Lymus - Albemarle Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/5a741a054047f8ce3fabae317baf4249.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=DHNcXcRv4oEIL48R0t2nxkuCsi5dfIa9-aeQYeHKPzvL6KyN%7EbxJ7MdSxKTvzRislL2kuROFeOaL4dFIwP84SzA0BG0QrustB0yepnAll9YmQUvC0FGVdAIBhrG9nTRuq66wIt9sbipt00NDAV960VdG3rL%7EMYC0XdWn25otIGeHbafkoeEgU%7EBHZ-tqig1g3rYKux1b0BOfC8k-oVvBGQ%7E1h42wRJNqYfnG%7EFdco4K-CirKq447TMiSVX6aVpxwvOSxc12KCje0FCtzzIQDFwdVFJB7ZEUbA6CiOrQ2SVddXhRQaA9ILsJnE2nzynhMQHKUO2VvKF2SmASShM%7EiUQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 573b2bab8034847b7d44c2ac7d89d43e 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 Rockbridge County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Rockbridge Co Manumitter Alexander Harper Manumitted Patsy Harper, Susan Harper, Madison Harper, George Harper Document Type deed Record Location Deed Book T:341 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 4 Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Alexander Harper of the County of Rockbridge & State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated & set free, & by these presents do manumit, emancipate & set free a negro woman slave named Patsy, sometimes called Patsy Harper, & her three children, Susan, Madison & George, who was by bill of sale bearing date the _ of _ sold and delivered to me by Alfred Seyburn of the County of Rockbridge & State of Virginia. And I hereby declare her the said Caroline and her children aforesaid to be entirely liberated from slavery, & entitled to all the rights and privileges of free persons with which it is in my power to vest them. She the said Patsy hereby emancipated, is a woman of bright complexion about _ feet & _ inches high & will be _ years old & the children six two & seven months old respectively. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal this 4th day of October 1836. All interlineations made before signing. Alexander Harper (seal) Teste John T.L. Preston At Rockbridge County Court October 4th 1836 This deed of emancipation from Alexander Harper to his slaves Patsy Harper & her children Susan, Madison & George was produced in court, acknowledged and ordered to be recorded. Date Court Date 10/04/1836 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 1836 - Harper to Patsy Harper, et al - Rockbridge Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/deb69d9600f27caf389f9fc2b97d4260.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=Sp0%7E2B9QFLhyRZ6PV9qXNyUoDI5HvH6Rso8kSXz7ETB2gL7elRTvsOW0HXjjJ1WTXrt1q2gSBWPN62JYMEkvveOgwPTOMCEil%7Ev5JhgT7FUz2iu4mBrLpSHnGPzswYHbKp1uD1iXI6I%7Ez0icE2CTTPYNOWbT2uKp4EXYdVTeoLo3t3OtrafRsE6ixOdTGSNTEtF6zHyg6soaHmxuItmHxP4SuotgTNx-aWTnL4JsZDNWICsFO5ZR8UtVisiIGqCFY0ADw6DKSPBr1-2T-ByjAFLz9nmTcaG70TLotEqUKsrIG5N3z6cq61SWc7WhtLp9oBwxwjhtjI0JSc9m3qDB1g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 07fe8db0bad4acc40ccc61808f5ca0e4 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 Rockbridge County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Rockbridge Co Manumitter John Ewing Manumitted Scipio, Peggy Document Type deed Record Location Deed Book T:354 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that we John D. Ewing & Drusilla D.L.F. Ewing my wife, of the County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia do hereby liberate from a state of slavery Scipio and Peggy his wife to be at their own disposal, from and after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred & thirty four: and do hereby warrant and defend unto them their freedom from all claims arising from ourselves or our heirs- Given under our hands & seals this 27th day of December 1833. John D. Ewing (seal) D.L.F. Ewing (seal) Teste John Laird John McCluer At Rockbridge County Court October 31st 1836 This Deed of Emancipation from John D Ewing & Drusilla D.L.F. Ewing his wife to their slaves Scipio and Peggy his wife, was produced in court, proved by the oath of John Laird a subscribing witness, and John McCluer the other witness being dead his hand writing was proved by the oath of said Laird and ordered to be recorded. Date Court Date 10/31/1836 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 1836 - Ewing to Scipio & Peggy - Rockbridge Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836