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Its boundaries shifted over the years, and it generally corresponds with the modern city of Chesapeake, VA. Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Norfolk County Virginia Document Type Deed Record Location DB 73:499 Date Court Date 09/26/1846 Manumitter Isaac Oden Manumitted Matilda, Rosalia, Nelly Elizabeth Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Isaac Oden (a free man of colour) of the Town of Portsmouth and County of Norfolk have manumitted emancipated and set free and by these presents do manumit and set free my negro woman slave named Matilda and also her two children Rosalia and Nelly Elizabeth she being the child of my negro slave Nelly purchased by me from John Collins by deed bearing date the 7 day of October 1815 and duly recorded in the Clerks office of Norfolk County Court on the 28 day of November 1825 and I hereby declare her the said Matilda and her two children Rosalia and Nelly Elizabeth and her and their future increase to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights priviledges and advantages of free persons with which it is my power to vest her and them she the said Matilda is about twenty nine years of age light complexion five feet three inches high and her child Rosalia is about two years old and Nelly Elizabeth nine months old. Given under my hand and seal this 25 day of September 1846 Witness Wm J Howland Wm M Levy Isaac Oden (seal) At a Court held for Norfolk County the 26th day of September 1846 This Deed of Emancipation was proved by the oaths of Wm J Howland and Wm M Levy subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded Teste Wm J Howland DC Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Notes Notes regarding the record May be possible that this manumitter is the same individual as Isaac Odeon? 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 Norfolk County Manumission Documents Description An account of the resource Norfolk County is an extinct county that existed as a Virginia municipality from 1691 to 1963. Its boundaries shifted over the years, and it generally corresponds with the modern city of Chesapeake, VA. Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Norfolk County Virginia Document Type Deed Record Location DB 73:316 Date Court Date 06/15/1846 Manumitter Polly Reed (Read) Manumitted Hercules Alfred Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents, that I Polly Read of the Town of Portsmouth and County of Norfolk have manumitted, emancipated and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate and set free, a negro man slave named Hercules sometimes called Hercules Alfred who was sold to me by Benjamin Alfred of the Town of County aforesaid. and I hereby declare him the said Hercules to be entirely liberated from slavery, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to vest him. He the said Hercules hereby emancipated is a man of black complexion; about five foot ten inches, and is in his sixtieth year. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 15 day of June 1846 Signed Sealed and delivered } in presence of } Polly Read (Seal) Arthur Emmerson } Wm S Howland } At a Court held for Norfolk County the 15th day of June 1846 This Deed was proved in open Court by the oaths of Arthur Emmerson and William S Howland the two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded Teste Arthur Emmerson c c 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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Norfolk County Manumission Documents Description An account of the resource Norfolk County is an extinct county that existed as a Virginia municipality from 1691 to 1963. Its boundaries shifted over the years, and it generally corresponds with the modern city of Chesapeake, VA. Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Norfolk County Virginia Document Type Deed Record Location DB 73:280 Date Court Date 05/18/1846 Manumitter Joseph Schoolfield Manumitted Samuel Watts Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Schoolfield of the Town of Portsmouth for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the officers and crew of the United States Frigate Savannah, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, do emancipate, and set free, a negro man slave named Samuel Watts, and I hereby declare him the said Samuel Watts entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is my power to vest him. He the said Samuel Watts hereby emancipated, is a man of light complexion; about five feet ten inches high, and is aged nearly twenty seven years: In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 5th day of May AD 1846 Signed Sealed & delivered } J Schoolfield {Seal} in presence of } J. N Schoolfield } J C Schoolfield } At a Court held for Norfolk County the 18th day of May 1846 This Indenture was proved by the oaths of J. N Schoolfield and J C Schoolfield subs: wits thereto and ordered to be recorded Teste Wm Howland DC Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record freedom purchased by crew of naval vessel Self Purchase Amount $500 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 1846 - Schoolfield to Samuel - Norfolk Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/12d225f0ac6bfffb0deffa5de3103314.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=Ob1hyPYeS%7E9Le%7EZ4OCWWXI8ld4n3%7EUZFdrewC7NBEzjE8o7FlWV2C-Eyrrgl0UavAmVWaZblkz-yg9UZkTdbPmkOfrRjt%7EqAv7QQNBUBJEJ%7ESi98zW0Bt0xbrBE6ClbooaNmO7Vaju5hLHAS8bSKRsAb4mErDUlhkS7x7uCEwZ2ExqwEqaw7mWwosqTe6FaQTAv381fbexzg9gzYchdMS9xCBhL6cTNZe6CEJ7jJvvzOkXB0joucrA44krOkgoGpWWPHFDBRf%7EHZMYRZAj7-CWS1WpI8sgrhzmbcnt4lbU84HAnDerhXhFpM%7EaxP7-Vh%7Ewfl5ydSswBidqBIZ7PheQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 27eed6e295fda9d650c3bae2ac3ecf67 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 Norfolk County Manumission Documents Description An account of the resource Norfolk County is an extinct county that existed as a Virginia municipality from 1691 to 1963. Its boundaries shifted over the years, and it generally corresponds with the modern city of Chesapeake, VA. Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Norfolk County Virginia Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 6:204 Date Court Date 02/16/1846 Manumitter Dorcas (Doras) Miller Manumitted Hannah Text of Freedom Document I Dorcas Miller of the town of Gosport in the County of Norfolk and state of Virginia, being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind do make and ordain this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made. 1st I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth Park all my right, title and interest in and to my land in Gosport to her and her heirs forever. 2nd I give and devise to my daughter Margaret Poiner and her heirs forever, all my right title and interest in and to my land in Portsmouth 3rd I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth Park my negro woman Hannah and her increase; but if my said daughter should not be living at the time of my death then it is my will and desire and I do hereby direct that in that event my said negro woman Hannah and her increase be entirely set free and manumitted 4th I give and devise all the rest and residue of whatever estate I may now have or may hereafter become entitled to my before named daughters to be equally divided between them. 5th I appoint my daughter Elizabeth Park sole Executrix of this my last will and testament and I hereby direct that she shall not be obliged to give security on her qualification. In testimony whereof I have to this my will set my hand and seal and subscribed my hand this 3d day of October 1842. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testatrix, Doras Miller, as and Doras Miller (Seal) for her last will and testament in the presence of us, who, in her presence and at her request. have hereunto signed our names as witnesses thereto Chs Etheredge S. W. Boutwell At a Court held for Norfolk County the 16th day of February 1846. This Will of Dorcas Miller was proved by the oaths of Chs Etheredge and S. W. Boutwell witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Elizabeth Park the Executrix therein named who made oath thereto and entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of One thousand dollars with condition according to law without security agreeable to the directions of the said will. The Court being satisfied that the personal estate of the testatrix is more than sufficient to pay his debts. Certificate is granted to the said Elizabeth Park for obtaining a probat of the said will in due form Teste Arthur Emmerson CC Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record By virtue of the conditions stipulated in the will, it appears that Hannah would not have been manumitted. 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 Fredericksburg City Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/09/1846 Location The location of the interview Fredericksburg Virginia Manumitter Mary Kobler Manumitted Daniel Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents, that I, Mary Kobler of the Town of Freder= =icksburg and State of Virginia, have emancipated and freed, and by these presents, do emancipate and forever liberate and Set free, a man by the name of Daniel, who is about 28 years old--In Confirmation hereof, I hereto set my hand and seal this first day of April in the year of our Lord 1846. John M. Forbes } Mary Kobler (Seal) [illegible] H. Semmes In the Hustings Court for the Corporation of Fredericksburg, April 9" 1846. The foregoing deed of emancipation from Mary Kobler to Da= =niel, was proved in Court by the Oaths of the two Witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. Teste, J.J. Chew C.C.H.F. Document Type Deed Record Location DB O:150 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Frederick County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/01/1846 Location The location of the interview Frederick County Virginia Manumitter James Fletcher Manumitted Mary Fletcher Text of Freedom Document I James Fletcher of the County of Frederick and State of Virginia have Emancipated and do hereby emancipate my negro girl Mary I Fletcher. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 1st day of June 1926. James Fletcher his X mark At a Court held for Frederick County the 1st day of June 1846 This Deed of Emancipation was acknowledged by James Fletcher party thereto & ordered to be recorded By the Court T.A. Tidball Document Type Deed Record Location DB 77:370 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. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fairfax County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/16/1846 Location The location of the interview Fairfax County Virginia Manumitter Beverly Powell Manumitted James Text of Freedom Document Knowing the uncertainty of human life, I Beverly Powell of the County of Sangamon & State of Illinois, being of sound will and testament in regard to my negro man James, now hired out in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is my will and desire that the said negro man James shall be hired out for three years at the expiration of which time, if the said James wishes to be free, my will is then that he shall have his free papers and fifty dollars in money, but if the law is such in Virginia that he cannot be free and remain in that state, and he does not choose to leave the state, then and in that even he shall be hired out until he does full disposed to leave Virginia. If he is hired out longer than the three years above named, one third of the hire shall be reserved from year to year to be applied to the support of the said James, in case of his inability to support himself. It is my desire that the remaining two thirds shall be divided equally between the following named persons: Lucinda O. Saunders, Jane E. Peake, Catharine C. Powell, Elizabeth B. Powell & Jane Powell, provided no debts or debt shall come against my father’s estate in which I will have to pay my proportionable part – then and in that even the same that is proposed to be divided, or so much as my estate will have to pay, shall go towards liquidating the same. It is further my desire that under no circumstances whatever is James to be sold or any interest in him, but is to be free at any time after the expiration of the three years if he wishes to be. It is my wish that he shall have the privilege at all times of choosing the place to be hired, and that he shall have five dollars in money at the expiration of each year he is hired out. Lastly, I do hereby direct that the said negro man James shall be retained in the possession of Edmund O. Powell whom I hereby appoint executor to this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this the 12th day of May eighteen hundred and forty five. Signed, sealed, and published by the Beverly Powell (seal) testator as his last will & testament in presence of us and each other E.B. Hawley Wm B. Peake State of Illinois Sangamon County I Thomas Moffett, Probate Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Sangamon do hereby certify that on the probate court of said county a writing purporting to be the last will & testament of Beverly Powell whereupon the subscribing witnesses E.B. Hawley & Wm. B. Peake were sworn & examined touching the execution of said will as the last will and testament of said Beverly Powell who is proved to be dead, whose statements were such as to establish said will and admit the same to record according to the laws of the state of Illinois. And I do furthermore certify that the within is a true and perfect copy of said original, which is recorded & on file in said court of probate. Witness my hand and private seal (there being as yet no public seal provided for said court, my private seal is here substituted) this 14th day of January A.D. 1846. Thomas Moffett Pro. J.P.S.C. (seal) State of Illinois Sangamon County I Noah W. Mathews Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for said county, as hereby certify these Thomas Moffett whose name is subscribed as above was on the day the same bears date Probate Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record and that as such full faith and credit are due to all his official acts. Given under my hand and seal of office at Springfield this 14th day of January A.D. 1846. N.W. Mathews Clerk At a court held for the County of Fairfax the 16th day of February 1846. This authenticated copy of the last will and testament of Beverly Powell dec’d was this day presented to the court and admitted to probate and thereupon Edmund O. Powell the executor therein named qualified according to law. Bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars William H. Moore security the admin granted to E.O. Powell on said estate at Oct’s court last being first set aside. Examined Teste, WM Ball CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB U:350 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 1846 - Powell to James - Fairfax Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/84340bff3c4f8067e5679f6621e69bbe.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=p4SNIyaDX-M9ohC0sHtEKsMjaSbuxBsRTsCLAcGh0jplsAVlJikMff14NpwcXNls9hDA-m-p0xBdl1kdybJ7k4bwxRxUAVPj8kCLaFUOKPsgCPijIHAlBJUknb0cCS4H56vG0eCIt4O8LzdS1iOftJt0ZQrbibiO9dHcpjEG3QfnFqHNqzgWiNcW70qiVYOpBSW0i2hrkWbPRGgElghXexXF%7Em0hZrUGsV3kVgUFKXXuBD%7E21l8jjZsFK7B4JbbRpvfMqETxfmuv2VI4BKRhmF7EY-Ow3OuMyln3MxBPbOZKj4q6l32FtrklG17nUl4Jnk2qeqJOqgiNnDUnv3OEKw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 948cac60613c0d2c09fbbca778d028cb 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 Fairfax County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/14/1856 Location The location of the interview Fairfax County Virginia Manumitter Sarah Walters Manumitted Mary Jane, Livinia, Lewis, Julia Ann Day, William Day, Margaret Day, Mary Day, Albert Day, Isaac Day Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Sarah Walters of the County of Fairfax & State of Virginia, sensible that it is appointed unto all men once to die, and believing it to be the duty of all persons to make by will some just and equitable distribution of that worldly estate, which God in his kind providence has bestowed upon them, I desire in his holy fear to do this by the following instrument, and after humbly commending myself, soul and body, to the infinite and boundless mercy of God, through the merits of a glorious Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ, I would say – First It is my will and desire, and I hereby direct and authorize my executors hereinafter named, to sell at public auction on such terms as they may see proper, all my real and personal estate of which I may die seized, and make all legal and necessary conveyances touting the same, viz: that tract of land lying and being in the aforesaid County of Fairfax State of Virigina left to me by my father William Adams as will more fully appear by reference to his will on record at Fairfax Courthouse, the same being fifty seven acres, more or less, as also my house and lot in the town of Alexandria D.C. lying on the Southside of Duke between Royal and Fairfax Streets and now occupied by Benjamin Lambert, all my household and kitchen furniture (except my best feather bed, bolster, and two pillows herein after to be referred to) together with all my stock of cattle, horses, sheep, hogs with all my farming implements of every description. Secondly Out of the net proceeds of sales I give and bequeath to my faithful friend Nancy Magruder the sum of one hundred dollars as full compensation for her services rendered me. Thirdly I give and bequeath to my niece Sarah A. Jacobs my best feather bed, bolster, and two pillows, as excepted above. Fourthly It is my express will that whatever right, title, interest or claim I have or may hereafter have by any construction of my father William Adam’s will whatever to three colored persons namely Mary Jane, Livina, and Lewis, children of Mary formerly the property of my fathers, which Mary with a colored boy named John fell to my late husband William Waters by lot in the division of my father’s slaves, and which said Mary was permitted to go free, that right, title, interests or claims shall cease at my death and they be free to all intents and purposes the same as if I executed a deed of emancipation, it never being my intention that the said Mary Jane, Livinia, and Lewis should be in bondage to any person. Fifthly I give and bequeath the remainder of the money arising from the sales of the aforesaid property after the legacies before mentioned are paid, to the following persons first dividing it into three equal parts. One part to Hugh and Ann Minor’s four daughters, Elizabeth Minor, Matthew Waring, Gertrude West, and Mary F. Clagett- the second part to my niece Sarah Frazier of Kentucky and the third part to my niece Mary Y. Wren of Virginia. Lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my worthy friends Isaac Robbins and Benjamin Waters both of Alexandria D.C. my executors of this my last will and testament, revoking all others, and in consideration of my confidence in their integrity it is my will that they be not required to give any other security than their several and individual bonds. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 14th day of March 1845. In presence of and witnessed Sarah Walters (seal) by us John L. Ager Joseph Longson James Donaldson In addition to the foregoing, it is my will that Julia Ann Day and her five children William Day, Mary Day, Margaret Day, Albert Day & Isaac day all colored people who now reside within the State of Maryland that they all be free from bondage to any person or persons whatever. In witness whereof I here sign my hand and affix my seal this 14th March 1856. Witness present John L. Ager Sarah Walters (seal) Joseph Longdon James Donaldson Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB U:342 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 1845 - Walter to Mary, et al - Fairfax Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/ae36fea11d1ffe299e92c20649f8e70c.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=vBWcnXYPlHAF8Q9cTOtErSP%7EwS3L6DDpvkqplu35r9TIuUN6TzAw7pbtyoDSSp2Dy5eZ51tF98AMKnsVwDUJ5AXUlrKw5ip3RR1YZewp5YG20ZoMo%7EmaIDyztyx9K2e6HMQJeGdQbIJ59qe1FPixkLIdezv0iWXNbqCx1wFWlz0M30cehvNqc1TdowpxsRV2%7EtukZ1-xVMapLuxtq%7EwevQ%7EIyZNg2ZBKN%7E40nNHlPIpjF4i1bVfMiAa42x8khbfCmtvtT8xqhbGF7St%7EtQ7vgCRuzNUussnmBQPzUGHUV5zszqd%7EjVrdPM2vnG-SFCziSM2A2P4cztZMytIXEbEPTg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9d37f164f83945b3b4d9c708d8f861b7 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/d4a5752be5000560e928480fc70c19ee.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=kcSsRovZvu0ed0pkw3I4%7EJMCXkbiyofBjk6gbxgbMeVN1oyWBI%7EAg6IUUjfIbazu3Zw8hRAS0Rbw0XL8En7LHQgM%7ETTS%7E0hQGdKlr-tn7RHj7iY9Yc8fJG7Eq6UgBO9ZGs6N3eILRjZ3ZBFlGGsfZdx6cKWMPEYM5ipWBjpNO1AwpG4zd5RYtptSsbaKwitraQGwG3RzGG57x%7EvbPO46qMeF5xfsvnNaPeJb7IhTJttpZrsJCoDF1wSK-R9pxE6OYvvvAiBY12X89igbEsDO2El7e%7EraPbQmnth%7EzFj5pwjxYCU-tmScn7xBYlW160xza1qE06SD%7ED0RIudhhHzA8A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c5588cd1d63149b3d43f42dcdfcf2b9f https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/0c93ed5b06004c2c9dee05bde16f7e57.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=oNPaL6oO29dxSg86SoFOR1cy8svVSglDuGssre5A0Lk155b6VqJUp%7E0e3YYpoc4wdgBJ3AhOnNwAn6A9hNlH9ISwUq4mPy52VTuVTYBgppdkw6snLOrQ5UvuAoAXSsrtxCR7AufSV5Awccyyv5IQ25y8emP2QujAuDv3aYsQOXX37Hif3r%7E9-lllKzxtDu8-GM9ftzQBq4uKfVgEJaGKzNSmRJMbFZJnp8gHj%7E2CJHnQ1Qiu6Jt6Kwrarz1i0OmDxWPT7HoHfVpHWAIPW-QzkyvLgzsPP82aqx%7Em262v%7EGvhZDTLUlIW9IRjgqnLhyE-zVsQBbcxE2DqKVBTGgYizA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM fcfaf5373dc4eeea47ffaf6ca9d02262 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/27/1846 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Elijah Sawyer, Maria Sawyer, Andrew Moore, Cary Henderson, Obediah Henderson, Polly Moore, Richard Bundy, Mary Bundy, Jenny Bundy, Adam Bundy Manumitted slaves Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that me Elijah Sawyer and Maria wife of said Elijah Sawyer, Obediah Henderson and Casey wife of said Obediah Henderson, Andrew Moore, and Polly wife of said Andrew Moore, Richard Bundy and Mary wife of said Richard Bundy, Jenny Bundy and Adam Bundy, the said Maria alias Maria Bundy, Caty alias Caty Bundy, Polly alias Polly Bundy, Jenny alias Jenny Bundy, Adam alias Adam Bundy, and Richard alias Richard Bundy late of the County of Essex and State of Virginia and late the slave of Samuel Kendall deceased of the County of Essex and State aforesaid and left free by his last will and testament, the said Maria, Caty, Polly, Jenny, Adam & Richard which will more fully appear by reference being had to the record of said will, which was ordered to be recorded by the Court of Essex County in the State of Virginia on the 15th day of January A.D. 1821. We do hereby constitute and appoint Isaac Harris of Jefferson County and State of Ohio our attorney for us, and in our names and for our use to convey in fee simple by deed of general warranty for such a price upon such terms and to such a person and a persons as he shall think fit, the following premises situated in the County of Essex and State of Virginia, which is described in said Samuel Kendall’s will to said heirs as the Mount Landing Farm. If said Mount Landing Farm has been sold according to law, we do hereby authorize our said attorney to lender and deed of conveyance to the owner thereof by him paying to him our said attorney the purchase money with all interest therein, and to fill up all blanks or many any alteration necessary in the deed we send by him, and also to collect by suit or otherwise from any person or persons, their heirs, executors or administrators that of purchased the said Mount Landing Farm before mentioned or holds said farm by the right of will. We do hereby authorize our said attorney to collect by suit or otherwise all monies in anywise coming to us from the executor Nathaniel J. Mothershead or his heirs, he the said Nathaniel J. Mothershead being the executor of the estate of Samuel Kendall dec’d or the administrator de bonis non if any was appointed by the court to seal the estate of Samuel Kendall dec’d. We furthermore empower our attorney to examine all records made of returns made out by the executor Nathaniel J. Mothershead or any other person in respect, to settlement of said estate of Samuel Kendall dec’d and correct all errors if any made in anywise in the settlement, with the court of Essex County of Virginia, in settling said estate. We also empower him our said attorney to use all honorable means to find out the condition and situation of the two colored men that was left by Samuel Kendall dec’d on the Mount Landing Farm, and it’s our wish if it is in the power of said attorney to have them set free if they are held in bondage if the law will admit it. And we do hereby further authorize our said attorney to collect all monies due in owing to us from any person or persons in the State of Virginia and especially to collect all money due us from the estate of Samuel Kendall deceased late of the County of Essex, State of Virginia. Our said attorney is hereby authorized for all monies paid to him for our use to receipt for by pleas under seal or otherwise. Whatsoever our said attorney shall lawfully do in the premises do hereby confirm the same as if we were ourselves personally present, and did the same. In witness whereof we have thereunto set our hands and seals this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty six. Executed in the presence of Elijah Sawyer (seal) Jo’s Kithcart Maria Sawyer (seal) John W. Taylor Andrew Moore (seal) Caty Henderson (seal) Obediah Henderson (seal) Polly Moore (seal) Richard Bundy (seal) Mary Bundy (seal) Jenny Bundy (seal) Adam Bundy (seal) State of Ohio Jefferson County SS We Isaac Harris and Joseph Kithcart, Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Elijah Sawyer, Obediah Henderson, Andrew Moore, Jenny Bundy, Adam Bundy, and Richard Bundh parties to a certain power of attorney bearing date on the 23rd day of March 1846 and hereunto annexed personally appeared before us in our county aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, and desired us to certify the said acknowledgement to the Clerk of the Court in the County of Essex in the State of Virginia in order that the said power of attorney may be recorded if necessary. Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of March AD 1846. Isaac Harris (seal) Jo’s Kithcart (seal) State of Ohio Jefferson County SS We Isaac Harris & Jo’s Kithcart, Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Maria Sawyer wife of Elijah Sawyer, and Caty Henderson wife of Obediah Henderson, Polly Moore wife of Andrew Moore, and Mary Bundy wife of Richard Bundy parties to a certain power of attorney bearing date on the 23rd day of March 1846, and herein annexed, personally appeared before us in our county aforesaid, and being separately examined privately and absent from their husbands, and having the within instrument fully explained to them, the said Maria Sawyer, Caty Henderson, Polly Moore & Mary Bundy acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, and declared that they had willingly signed and sealed and delivered the same and that they wished not to retract it. Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of March AD 1846. Isaac Harris (seal) Jo’s Kithcart (seal) The State of Ohio, Jefferson County SS I James Johnston, Clerk of the Court of Common Please within and for said County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Isaac Harris and Joseph Kithcart Esq, before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, were on the day of the date of said acknowledgment and still are acting Justices of the Peace, within and for said County of Jefferson, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, & to whose acts as such, full faith, and credit are due, and out to be given in any Judicial Court in the State of Ohio or elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature and affixed the seal of one said Court of Common Pleas at the Clerk’s Office in Steubenville this 27th day of March AD 1846. James Johnston, Clerk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 49:103 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted ? Notes Notes regarding the record Moved to Jefferson County Ohio 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 1846 - Sawyer to slaves - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/454c9a687907e87b222adf21bd983381.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=oMoX%7ECSuk1nc87yFYXXTx6SlptEFkfBwZR-Gt6QxksgzZtpYSaeNigIryjIg-7spQ6SgSgpeeNeclWNM03zJ7HZgMf1XrRe7cGkNkhkGIiHogprFZnrF5uvDMl4%7EhNt%7EhHelY9SjDHNj2xiH%7EahPDfsDlVe1p%7EIvjizyGKINp1k3WbIH7OWzkigESKBB9DcOGJwObgvMSJ%7EYMAXYzrHED87mK7NgyoRi3tWdHFTLbN3nzIrrhde9wIqd1FfvH66TLo98uQHa6PVhi1ZdXJb-MuXo9jEmeoF3mqWi6otVTRfUfJuYKKsZvLXp5JVNFltirG4wan-oIShmOYDQzSGUqg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3c1c7698f9ef78179c257954e155dac9 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/f323cb1ec2814a2dd742e1e7f6753884.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=pbzltMfE7qb%7EOF%7ElaMNlheS4hihcTrxhFETsZZqqVtexku4IqmU%7EHf1b1a2jzRxgQXjH6IRUC4Rf-ztjhtjbfzgnvCTsnqW9Ft2uuxhIGeq7tVCRMzOMGEXW6t33dQ9Ip1nEN8op3q4%7EhfMtYXQN%7E6Q8aKTJWYHP8P3fDTVn5wmF9SN0q7PwmzxJ6vboWfjieJ69gqpc9f-zZaFR-bNc76%7E4EUzzoK8ybBpa96VzWVsP5-KowQthyYTpAy-1l6I2IQ7ZZGJl7czO9dDeF%7Es-MI5CboMtpTYJMhlKlzhCofMWP-mhMfbuV%7EvFU-Vrug3nytomna-npam15FoL1LOrGw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 646f41cb6c61a9f5f8f21c8c4c71f0d0 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 King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/05/1846 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Elizabeth Carter exor Manumitted Betty Perkins, Charity Conders, Matilda Conders, James Henry Conders, Kitty Conders, Bartlett Conders, Winney Champayne, Jack Champayne, Rebecca Champayne, Hugh Payne, Juday Payne, Esther Champayne, Thomas Champayne, Winney Ann Berry, Caroline Payne, Watt Payne, Adelaide Payne, Alfred Champayne, Ben Payne, Jack Payne, Alfred Payne, Susan Matthews, Lucinda Parker, Sally Carter, Patsey Carter, Jane Park, Frances Park, Nelly Payne, Milley Payne, Champ Parker, Patsey Baker Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Eliza T. Macfarlane, Executrix of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Carter deceased late of the County of King George and whose last will and testament is duly recorded in said county, do hereby declare that negroes Betty Perkins, Charity Conders, Matilda Conders, James Henry Conders, Kitty Conders, Bartlett Conders, Winney Champayne, Jack Champayne, Rebecca Champayne, Hugh Payne, Juday Payne, Esther Champayne, Thomas Champayne, Winney Ann Berry, Caroline Payne, Watt Payne, Adelaide Payne, Alfred Champayne, Ben Payne, Jack Payne & Alfred Payne the last three of whom are negroes derived from Nancy Carter dec’d as her portion of the dower slaves, and Susan Matthews, Lucinda Parker, Sally Carter, Patsey Carter, Jane Park, Frances Park and Nelly Payne, Milley Payne, Champ Parker & Patsey Baker are the same negroes mentioned and referred to in the will of the said Elizabeth Carter deceased or those born since her death, & are therefore entitled to enjoy and have their liberty as free & emancipated slaves. And I the said Eliza T. Macfarlane acting under the direction of said will do hereby further declare that they the adults among said slaves have my permission to obtain the evidence of their freedom from the Clerk of the County Court of King George at my expense and I do hereby direct said clerk to give each of them a copy of this instrument or an extract therefrom duly authenticated & such other instrument as may be required by law to enable them or either of them to go free. And I do hereby further consent & agree that the infants herein before mentioned may also go with their parents & when they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years that they may also obtain the evidence of their freedom from the Clerk aforesaid. In testimony whereof the party hereto has set her hand & seal this 4th day of November 1846. Teste Eliza T. Macfarland (seal) E Conway Corporation of Fredericksburg to wit We W.C. Beale and Robert Dickey Justice of the Peace for the Corporation aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Eliza T. Macfarland party to a certain instrument hereto annexed, personally appeared before us in our corporation aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and desired us to certify the said acknowledgment to the Clerk of the County Court of King George in order that the same may be recorded. Give under our hands & seals this 4th day of November 1846. Wm C Beale (seal) Robert Dickey (seal) In Clerk’s Office of King George County Court November 5th 1846 The aforegoing deed from Eliza T. Macfarland Executors of Elizabeth Carter to Betty Perkins & others, slaves emancipated by the last will and testament of the said Elizabeth Carter deceased, being this day received in my office, was together with the certificate of acknowledgment thereon endorsed, admitted to record. Teste, Wm. Brown Clk Document Type Deed DB 16:539 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 31 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 1846 - Carter to Betty, et al - King George Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846