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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. 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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/. 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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=1785369600&Signature=lKLllmjXutaQB84uhwc8HhDgQsgVIhMbJHh1lAJDlQaVjhMskPLBZbjwyXEah1ypNGcni2U1ano-qqfymKWxPu2qrDJvqQyJxDq%7EY8qfqJnDRiYgV2JRWOwl-9vFqlKNLJdwZazMRvyQkJXidxBVXYabzQ0Ao3XX9YJH2W2P9yVzhFyloXjoJ9h0OaUdh%7EgGH3keeDB90tgyiS5-L-YZc04bfBYb2lZ270Lv5UWivEW96u-RPNYfaqePEVNyVVyp6-GfB45GNiY0e5tDcnPtiZqT1CaK9Bdlr8Z%7EzxLl-kZcVE4jhSx39cF3iuz86bpTkapwbUnX7Dp67qc0NVTxrA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9d37f164f83945b3b4d9c708d8f861b7 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/d4a5752be5000560e928480fc70c19ee.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=i8zhg3nRDY3s4DkfKyUrQdBGCA5JeX63sabHD0JJC7PgCsUicdCuv5altfFudnlMPV9djk9CtxilTLV2efwq5PfL0ySGqot48z64tRKMsA3GUDzWJJp5ROVFUXCRBjjnPHM6yWEwhInVrPH3HTzKan4dEwdICoOkeIcSVD8C7HUxBuPqrOn4EUyFFmyKJEi81rErRWozwbeKNe0Aml8WT3U9RtKjcUiIsWWLNANx6yXrZb3oilx1iIacfzMeYqIZvw4HBoYanhuVaqwoygpstouSZYuCXRb172o6G88T0yHuoX%7EaqvHClGFoLmxMP%7EFMisaa9CPZnNgsGlKZDNKrDA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c5588cd1d63149b3d43f42dcdfcf2b9f https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/0c93ed5b06004c2c9dee05bde16f7e57.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=Yjgru%7E5eARfZRH%7E1WGzaVG-G58ZnjKKr3W3l-LZw15fqpwpK5MMpXxv-EmvW83zVP4-SJF5sQLxwkVymiGADUEkDRWeW80HArjKjNYUX6Px-3Y1h-Wj0AsEDOGnv5EreMt6TmC8GklJ8HPGf1Z8uq32v7Q4a93L0kAC09Bi%7ETYzYv6Qd0WOkfeHw-c0Ouh4%7EZ4SMLZelpsX75NR3m6fds4JO-E0zKfGOa4FsMUya-FDhSVFsyFk%7E9t8pjZhAx9kXgwxzvMukhIcQJkABiyk6FvaivOUUJcYXPOl6op-cKyPowC7vuvAbPNH1Tu2m6RrwEY%7E49KviWG9wUlr7uRBLhg__&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=1785369600&Signature=j-BIhnp1EuXUIBo5C9FALilC8VDX1eHaY6MWsNaTo0h9divV5jLXAghKGRyo7wGeWmw5gP5IzAIXSQ9PZSKiMjYBwBNaO4DaQ3ayXw8jM56WOhJONFgYfK5M2XFOFo517%7EjbCAldh7uMauyFWny%7Eo%7ENujDVCD3J%7EU%7ElRj9x08%7Ekm7SKso2vhQbvDt5DuFq3YTXZ6EZpKf9zWoIWXDgaRCv2R-dNQ1ziSka6c95NBPu766oCkjOLgLhr3XOdOJfeZW6-PqlD1NTJKantkHVfa6rZEEXUvenYLnoEuxQ8L735O8p9u0%7EETQYygcS9ACD-Nl8PxbAbH8mtQ2Tmzk1YI7w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3c1c7698f9ef78179c257954e155dac9 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/f323cb1ec2814a2dd742e1e7f6753884.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=Aks79n0oI2LXOBHVUZzezs6Gz4SOYRei%7EpCCI1-ZiQBJK6YJMxpvODLduIuXd3o4WFk%7EP9lMmCFRZ8JVQipRo9hun4QAsCfA26035sholmcdae3VMAUvU91aQNpuC5aLi3QGGvhBxGpBXb%7ECk1ulrvFYYWQmikZTzYXO2h%7E4HiCnxvZvAJKKNlA%7Ej3HY2d12uzI3chSNGQmOP9q56xyTi7-FPOmPutcZUlfrGJhOV-OwX0PwbUQCD%7EDBL5A14beL6h8ehNFHWTI5XbxVRuc690bHADgHBhUe%7EZZafTGbmwwSF73v5KJOG7bcPqvluUiiz95K3Udgq3o3gNDm5bAsFA__&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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/08/1846 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Gibson Manumitted George Crump Text of Freedom Document I John Gibson of the County of Prince William and State of Virginia being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but knowing the certainty of death and uncertainty of life, do make and publish this as my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all other and former wills by me made (date of said will Feb’y 19th 1845). In the first place I give and bequeath to my wife all my household and kitchen furniture of every description, including all portraits and pictures, and it is my desire that no inventory be taken of the same; what plate I have I devise in the same way. I also give and bequeath to my said wife Frances B. Gibson the following slaves to dispose of as she may see fit, to wit: Emily and her two children Ellen and Addison, Mary and her two children James Henry and Edinburg, Martha and her two children Robert and Lucy. I also give to my said wife upon the like terms my servants Kitty, Louisa, William Chin, John Chin, and Jesse Chin, all children and grand children of a servant I recently [illegible] called Patty Chin. I also give and bequeath to my said wife upon the same terms my slaves Julian and Angelina, children of a servant woman I [illegible] by the name of Harriet. The reason that I devise the foregoing slaves in a manner different from what I intend to devise the rest of my slaves is because the said Patty Chin and Harriet belonged to my wife before our marriage, and should any of the foregoing bequeathed females slaves have additional increase during my lifetime, then such additional increase to go in the same way that the salves hereinbefore named are given and bequeathed Susan Chin and her two children and what future increase she may have between this time and the time of my death I give and bequeath in the same way the foregoing named slaves are bequeathed. My man servant George Crump I leave free provided he wishes freedom in which event I leave him thirty dollars to be paid by my executors hereinafter named; and I leave him my best suit of clothes with my best hat I may have at my death provided the said George Crump survives me. If he does not desire his freedom, then it is my wish that he may select his own home and have the bequests made him. The balance of my slaves I leave to my dear wife Frances B. Gibson during her natural life provided she should not marry again; but in the event of her marrying, then it is my wish that she forfeit all interest in my slaves except the slaves hereinbefore devised to her absolutely; and they to go and pass as hereinafter directed. That is the slaves in which a conditional life interest is devised. All the rest of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I leave to my said wife after the payment of my debts, subject to the specific bequests hereinafter named; provided she should not marry, but if she marries then of my real [illegible] I only leave her for life my farm called Fleetwood and the parsonage I purchased from [?Bollis?], and in the event of her marrying it is my will and desire that my farms called Flat Brush and Gilead be at once sold on a credit of one, two, and three years and the proceeds divided according to the statute of descents of Virginia; and the slaves loaned her conditionally to be at once valued by persons appointed by the County Court of Prince William, and to enable said slaves to choose their own masters or mistresses (which they are authorized to do). I will and direct that one fourth of the appraised value of each slave be abated, and the proceeds to be divided as the proceeds arising from the sale of the farms Flat Brush and Gilead are directed to be divided. My will and desire is that any Bristol tract lot called the Rose Field near Brentsville as well as one half of my stock of horses, one half of my stock of cattle, and one half of my stock of sheep be sold on one year credit, and the proceeds arising therefrom to be applied first to the payment of my debts, and if there be any surplus, then that surplus I give and bequeath to my wife. My house and lot in Dumfries I direct to be sold by my executrix hereinafter named, and the proceeds applied in the same way as the proceeds of the Rose tract and of the stock. I have four gold watches; the one I wear and the best I leave to my wife for life, and her death I give and bequeath it t my nephew Frederick M. Gibson, son of my brother E.E. Gibson, if he survives her, and should he not survive her, then at my wife’s death I give it to the eldest son of my brother Edwin’s that he be living. The first choice of my other three gold watches, I give to my nephew John William Gibson, son of my brother Thomas G. Gibson, the second choice to my brother J.C. Gibson’s son called John, and the third to my sister Betsy Ferrel’s son called John. My silver watch of right belongs to my nephew John F. Gibson (it being the watch of my deceased father) who expressed a wish that he should have it. I therefore give and bequeath the same to him as well as release him from all he owes me by note or otherwise. I also give and bequeath to my said nephew John Francis Gibson the use of my law library for five years should he continued to practice so long, but should he decline to practice law before the expirations of that time then my will and desire is that the same be sold and the proceeds applied to the same as the proceeds arising from the sale of the stock I have directed to be sold: but should said nephew John F. Gibson continue to practice law for five years, then at the expiration of that time my will and desire is that said library shall become his absolutely. And it is further my will and desire that my executrix hereinafter named should furnish my nephew named with a horse of fifty dollars value, and moreover pay to him one hundred dollars as soon as collections can be made from the sale of any property hereinbefore directed to be sold. All the real estate loaned to my said wife for life I desire to be sold at her death, and the proceeds arising from such sale to be divided and distributed as the proceeds arising from the sale of my farms Flat Brush and Gilead are directed to pass and descend in the even of her marrying again. Should I die before sale is made of my interest in the Spring Hill farm in the county of Orange & State of Virginia, I give and bequeath to my two sisters Nancy & Frances forever, in even and equal portions. All the interest I have under the will of C.S. Hancock dec’d I devise absolutely to my wife subject however to the following qualification to wit: that she is to claim no interest in the children of the female slaves born since the death of C.[illegible] dec’d which female slaves under said will were to be free at attaining the age of twenty five years (as I know it was the intention of said testator that the increase should be free). As to the place of my interment, I leave to be selected by said wife. And whatever property I may not herein specifically devised, I give and bequeath to my wife. Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Frances B. Gibson my sole executrix, and desire that no security be required of her. The foregoing will being all in my own handwriting, no witness of course is necessary. Signed and sealed by me the day and date first before written. Jno. Gibson (seal) Codicil to my foregoing will I John Gibson within named do make this present codicil to my within will, which I hereby declare shall be taken as part hereof to wit, having purchased since the date of my said will a tract or parcel of land of William S.F. Alexander supposed to contain upwards of three hundred acres: I devise and bequeath that the same way I have bequeathed my farm Flat Brush pass and that my farm called the parsonage instead of passing as is hereinbefore directed, shall be sold and the proceeds thereof applied to any outstanding debts I may have unpaid, and to any specific legacies bequeathed. Should there be any surplus thereafter, then that surplus I give to my wife F.B. Gibson. I desire to be interred between two of the largest cedar trees on the highest eminence in my meadow in front of my house at Fleetwood, and to be covered with a slab with the following inscription: “Here rests the remains of Jno Gibson, formerly of the county of Orange but who settled in the County of Prince William in the year 1807 age 23, and the son of John Gibson dec’d late of the County of Orange, Virginia”. The same to be enclosed with a substantial stone or brick wall with no door entrance whatever, and should my farm Fleetwood be sold by those entitled to the reversionary interest in the same under my said last will and testament, I desire there shall be absolute reservation, not only of the place of my interment but of one acre of land immediately contiguous thereto making the place of interment the center of said acre of land. The foregoing codicil is wholly in my handwriting and is signed and sealed by me this 26th June 1845. Jno. Gibson (seal) Additional codicil to my last will and testament, made this 10th December 1845 in my own handwriting and under my own proper signature. The devise to my servant called George Crump “of my best suit of clothes at the time of my death” I hereby revoke, and in lieu thereof devise and give to him my second best suit. Jno. Gibson In Prince William County Court October 5th 1846 This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Gibson deceased, with two codicils annexed, was produced in court, and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, John W. Tyler and Jno. P. Phillips were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testators handwriting, and verily believe the said writing and codicils annexed and the name thereto subscribed to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand, whereupon the said writing and codicils annexed is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said John Gibson deceased. 1846 Nov. 8th Exex qualified Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB P:271 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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Title A name given to the resource Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/23/1846 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter Susan Dade Manumitted Sarah Phillips Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Lucian Dade of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free Sarah Phillips, and I do hereby declare her the said Sarah Phillips 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 invest her. She the said Sarah Phillips hereby emancipated is a woman of dark brown complexion, five feet 3 ½ in. high and is about sixty two years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of May 1846. Susan Dade (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court May 23rd 1846. This deed of emancipation from Lucian Dade to Sarah Phillips was acknowledged by said Dade to be his act and deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:172 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 Orange County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/26/1846 Location The location of the interview Orange County Virginia Manumitter Robert Taylor Manumitted unnamed individuals Text of Freedom Document I Robert Taylor Junior of the County of Orange and State of Virginia, being both sound in mind and body but knowing the uncertainty of life, and thinking that every man ought to keep a will, do hereby make my last will and testament, revoking all former wills made of me. Imprimis. After the payment of all my just debts, I do loan to my beloved wife Mary C. Taylor, during her natural life, all my estate, both real and personal, that I may die possessed of, or be entitled to at the time of my death. Secondly it is my will that my wife Mary C. Taylor should convey all my lands either by will or otherwise to one, or more of my brothers or sisters, or that descendant that she chooses, but if she should fail to make such conveyance, then I wish my lands sold, and the money obtained therefrom to be divided according to law. Thirdly I give to my beloved wife Mary C. Taylor all my negroes to do with as she may think best for them, hoping at the same time that she may emancipate them, but if any of them should prove hard to manage, or should be concerned in any very improper conduct, it is my wish that the offenders be sold to go out of the State of Virginia. But if my wife Mary C. Taylor should marry again, it is my will that all my negroes shall be free at her death, together, with their increase, and that she shall not have the right to sell any of them without some very improper conduct, and if any are sold, the money arising from such sale, and one thousand five hundred dollars I give towards the transportation of them to some free state or country, if my wife will emancipate them. But any of the negroes had rather remain in slavery, my wife can give them, or sell them, to whom they may choose to live. Fourthly I bequeath to my beloved wife Mary C. Taylor forever one half of all the debts due me, or stocks, that I may own, and all the money on hand at the time of my death, and all the household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils and stocks of every kind, and carriage and harness; the other half of the debts or stocks, after deducting the one thousand five hundred dollars, for the transportation of the negroes to be given by my wife to any of my brothers or sisters, or their descendants she may choose. Lastly I do hereby appoint my wife Mary C. Taylor my Executrix of my last will and testament, and it is my will that the court suffer her to qualify as such without giving security. It is also my wish that no inventory or appraisement be taken of my said estate. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal, this thirteenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. The above will is written and signed the day and year above mentioned with my own hand to which I affix my name and seal. Robert Taylor Junior (seal) At a monthly court held for the County of Orange, at the courthouse on Monday the 26th day of October 1846. This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Robert Taylor Jun’r deceased was produced in court by Mary C. Taylor, the executrix therein named, and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, Philip S. Fey & Jaquelin P. Taliaferro were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Robert Taylor Jr. dec’d, and verily believe that the said writing and the name thereto subscribed are wholly in his handwriting. Whereupon the said writing is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said Robert Taylor Jr. deceased. And on the motion of the said Mary C. Taylor, who made oath thereto according to law, and entered into and acknowledged a bond (without security, the will directing that none should be required), in the penalty of forty thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 10:417 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted ? Notes Notes regarding the record further research necessary to ascertain if wife manumitted slaves Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1846 - Taylor to slaves - Orange 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/1b10e7043da9a321e3e634a453868d04.jpg?Expires=1785369600&Signature=Uom2SZSO-O5ZRqG97N7r7-jjbWsfawISXttB-Wc7yA0M9R1EXQD2H95%7E9wlqRza45RC28jG3y4wDQTeLRPMCbz3R%7EK66zdE2Se6UXVP7BLg6xziA%7Ex37udxFVN1J5fobIXvaSnpGEL3C6YSFRjouJa0HNoIFSsTVlw8cpHtdnaUamJv0Ahd3sIoUN2lylxIGtChxzdOYHjWjE4EJ9zx5000M9w5dq83mYlQQ20q%7E09J5YoGjHue3UHM3BeCwqGtKYbPfgkUAtiXhe29-b%7EM6wV4JLMyOaeYXBJ8qdUQeI9TOn8zGnutKmneDur0atMrdUikdxCasr%7EYKbtqfknyP2g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM fe3a21d758eba744d7d9a4d9169c6316 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 Orange County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/26/1846 Location The location of the interview Orange County Virginia Manumitter William Moore Manumitted Tom alias Thomas Smith Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents I William C. Moore Senior of the County of Orange and State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate and set free a negro man named Tom, sometimes called Thomas Smith, & I hereby declare him the said Thomas Smith 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 Thomas Smith hereby emancipated is a man of dark complexion and of ordinary stature, and supposed to be upwards of sixty years of age. In testimony whereof I the said William C. Moore Sen’r have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 16th day of October eighteen hundred and forty six. Witnesses William C. Moore Sen’r (seal) Joseph D. Reynolds Richard B. Moore James B. Moore At a monthly court held for the County of Orange at the courthouse on Monday the 26th of October 1846. This deed of emancipation from William C. Moore Sen’r to his slave tom, sometimes called Thomas Smith was this day proved in open court by the oaths Joseph D. Reynolds and James B. Moore, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste Document Type Deed Record Location DB 40:248 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 - Moore to Thomas Smith - Orange Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846