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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=1790208000&Signature=Aln2aw%7EqsEedGOcZmftW0hpURSWcdA%7E0xQtUUSUQJdRJ59UyFeizSws9b9FB4N3KpahWckjKICNC40kVJsB4C5MCyUNje2DZlERTgo9dd%7Ebnqwl3xWojZagS7PjlH3XzlsJpAI9BGojDVVtSYh3435kEIhcrIta0n-NsVDTes1qwwfiOEt0kJM6fLCoY17JHgimziQHPngKZ5He2YXpRb7QTg9XdUL0lGWMocPVEjmjxVKl7qPrR62lqOpkvO8ti-IbCqLIhnWPRiaOG-8GOnFxj9ySRVTvxJVUB49NbX2mofTTdsd-DReJ-2bOEXnmUpsTPXLnu7rH8d5fLggiaew__&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 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/e10604d0522cb01ee05125db0be6f1ba.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=cwfIrLc2gx3AxFYTZPTfz8E98f9j79vtZH7DR4w6th6mMpH508CAQPiuP39Wb%7ECooPoAUf8HdGn85DPI1TMMpsZBHnmBOr0rwPk-cJgcHAsFVVhtf3FjixLlWqTs-4EiyNfxtjmrpnwgjpw68Gsm9vlkxInTf8y64iXskCKl3Y9j3amifiYBuLpy%7EZSSzxa5SK8Ic3hXn22W4WWSWo2E4RQcDYebmzIuhU8ETVNcZiE0Ir%7EbkM6COeFnhA3tpWrWWRj1la8y2aeYNLuRBTbHv4hJo%7EqUDEJAYZABJFjhPdugXXOHokolM0IUgZCJeW9mL3Ocwb7zcE-SI9c0F7cigQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM e3e606b0ef4daaee5992f576229bfe17 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 11/25/1846 Location The location of the interview Orange County Virginia Manumitter Peter Johnson Manumitted Peter Parker Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Peter T. Johnson of the County of Orange and State of Virginia have emancipated, manumitted, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate and set free a negro man slave named Peter Parker and I hereby declare him the said Peter Parker 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 Peter Parker hereby emancipated is a man of rather a light complexion, with one leg cut off above the knee and about sixty five years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty six. Peter T. Johnson (seal) Officer of the Clerk of the County Court of Orange- November 25th 1846 This deed of emancipation from Peter T. Johnson to his slave Peter Parker was this day acknowledged before me in the office aforesaid by the said Peter T. Johnson and admitted to record. Teste Document Type Deed Record Location DB 40:266 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 - Johnson to Peter Parker - 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/ee4d070b5dc724b499f56f78f736bcd7.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=XYhkiy3P3vFdqYWlixlkUuLcV0Y8oNNqhhgx3HfoIdAvY8z2KBZyoMcUVSa7hSvqaYEp3OoON6OX-yLpC80uz%7E2rgunzVlzWMn4frwFHJw-qK2jUtByBVXgTw5W%7EoSz9QVyp4wWyKbfN0HyY5X5RiFhn0xelG7uTJmeO6H1lioH9fa77xVy5c4JZ%7ESriv04OP1RlU2iS5cqr2QRMn9c0TVhMPwxlykrG4%7EfTotmBn68SIkerwNfKMs8BOwsmxm0FondftxBjRL-dN%7E1-kgVeLihwipo8Ub4%7EL0iPC6KLC8BE3ZJUjU7K6oH%7Ea3iBmZD-YG2%7Em0GPEX4kdDImMtuRIg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 583d50d9cf7cdb8ac0586bbf7b5ea94a 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 11/23/1846 Location The location of the interview Orange County Virginia Manumitter Charles Howard Manumitted Polly, Peachy, James McNeal, Edmonia Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Charles P. Howard 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 woman slave named Polly aged about forty nine years, a bright mulatto and her three children also slaves named Peachy about thirteen years of life, James McNeal about nine years old, and Edmonia about three years and six months ole, and hereby declare the said Polly, Peachy, James McNeal and Edmonia 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 them. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty six. Charles Howard (seal) At a quarterly court held for the County of Orange, at the courthouse on Monday the 23rd day of November 1846. This deed of emancipation from Charles P. Howard to his slaves Polly, Peachy, James McNeal and Edmonia was this day acknowledged in open court by the said Charles P. Howard and ordered to be recorded. Teste Document Type Deed Record Location DB 40:260 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 4 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 - Howard to Polly, et al - 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/49d4324f45c1745638d07fa761ef5248.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=a5kwbncD7g939A1qkJxo4A7yvz3FvB9G8M3HJhOGVwoDXW5AZZ860fzdQXbgM5joDhbGC4MzQvWvenCWu%7EE2qQdSHgjbfZ%7EBr3L1kxKdpvYe3Agt3Xy6vbwHkMcoSc7yBGBtnsh%7EwhyBfnBBR4NZg8F3wzrOJ1MP4mRWFU3nGcJZy%7E%7EQ2hbHRzKw3xD2q8FMF1ZAk15k6J73CaIKc45AdNOr%7EZ%7EF6nSsUFSKO8nSYoydNKmpyNNr%7EhSNX46Me8VUxRW97H1C838Tdk6VV58V8TT4tmXRyeKqSi4T7PL8TeCIYB996wRSGTG20OFRXguNq9WsT21OmfUMZ5u9mb7eqw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 583d50d9cf7cdb8ac0586bbf7b5ea94a 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 11/23/1846 Location The location of the interview Orange County Virginia Manumitter Joseph Edwards Manumitted Felix Quarles Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Edwards 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 boy slave named Felix, sometimes called Felix Quarles, and I hereby declare him the said Felix 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 Felix hereby emancipated isa boy of rather a light complexion, and about eight years of life, and is the son of Jacob Dade and Francis his wife, free persons of color of the state of Ohio. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty six. Joseph Edwards (seal) At a quarterly court held for the County of Orange at the courthouse on Monday the 23rd day of November 1846. This deed of emancipation from Joseph Edwards to his slave Felix sometimes called Felix Quarles was this day acknowledged in open court by the said Joseph Edwards and ordered to be recorded. Teste Document Type Deed Record Location DB 40:260 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 - Edwards to Felix - 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/a699d032ca7ed4ea0465303f06c6fae9.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=dxa9ddSVbMJifV2KiNi7-SlWnno6Iu8yhIRgjBp92%7EqQi85xyYm9L4mDBFSkkkE4AaTGxjndjX03OYn1YoHeOVD9kFG5ag8TN1b%7Er4Jyksyg0JzzgI6bTfipttUqIJ6TYQb-YCENTqXUz5zKWQ6Na2V8zW90BwTqngAAVQbD18Fn9hebT6dRAGmmfMy0bgY8ehyBT1f6aZbAwkfvz8N0lnyj-SMybOPKQX6fBnpEusbnQ%7EmN33rUo%7E2nc8d-eBWbmT7ELH0m5QnKFFuisvm-P2fy7ANjzXhr190y05BejXWwg3Sv-Y2RIQ5fPMtTzbjRsk7B7x4awpXr-Jfi6TATaw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b0dbbc18f3678728e79aa319808ee8f8 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 Washington County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/27/1846 Location The location of the interview Washington County Virginia Manumitter Thomas Kaywood Manumitted Henry, Rhody Text of Freedom Document I Thomas Kaywood of the county of Washington and State of Virginia do hereby make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say. 1st I give to my wife Rebecca Kaywood the farm on which I now live together with all its appurtenances, my farming tools, kitchen and household furniture, also all my horses, cattle hogs and sheep of every description, also all my grain that may be left on the farm or due me, also my negro girl Clary[?] and my negro boy James. 2nd My boy Henry I desire to be free at my death – my negro woman Rhody is left to her own choice to be free or remain as one of the family. And it is my intention that my wife Rebecca shall pay all my just debts out of the portion of my estate holding any balance that may remain to be collected after my death. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint Rebecca Kaywood my wife Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former Wills or Testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 12th day of July 1842 Thomas [his x mark] Kaywood {seal} signed sealed published and declared as and for the last Will and Testament of the above named Thomas Kaywood in presence of us Samuel Dunn Geo W. Hopkins Solon Buchanan At a court held for Washington County the 27th day of April 1846 The last Will and Testament of Thomas Kaywood deceased was exhibited in court and proved by the oaths of Samuel Dunn and Solon Buchanan two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Rebecca Kaywood the executrix therein named who took the oaths of an executrix prescribed by law and entered into and acknowledged her bond in the sum of Two thousand dollars with Solon Buchanan and George W. Cole as her securities conditioned as the law directs. A certificate is therefore granted her for obtaining letters testamentary on the estate of the said Thomas Kaywood deceased in due form Teste Richard H. Lynch D.C. Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 10:94 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 Notes Notes regarding the record Rhody to have the choice of freedom or remaining with family, unclear if she was in fact freed 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 - Kaywood to Henry & Rhody- Washington 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/5c106624f93cc6a132fbe3c291202e86.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=OEF1q5nVdQW1PXIFafPIWYsGaN-3fsltJCadLMevov4%7EunpwOJWyMB49qpmLCQTg5lsKIBILig08KQB%7EGdSUNnggBsVH3ZT5olMt6ConxLOz3Td4wLtWe0pYCnGFw%7EMC-PqMtTS8I7h0Ha24CjLPV%7Ek7TJR2NZeETy76Zm4cGz1mQ1m5%7Eb6F76wfIxPDLcLYX2fX74xBYAKNP8lUQjIqAgPYrdvB53DehsV3438ReqiWw8xAe-7TzsQ0XKHA4M7AUW3OjejlRQjRicmt5%7EkuuPL5je37c3HU1jeMIFWU20g1QXOikLUcSnr1vz5-P6-3lkBcVrHGLTA1zlqEAzVcTA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ad94d955d59c8575a8fc8cde7f8837c4 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 Washington County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/24/1846 Location The location of the interview Washington County Virginia Manumitter James Gibson Manumitted John Weaks Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents, that I James K Gibson of the county of Washington and state of Virginia for divers good causes me hereunto moving have and do hereby forever liberate and set free my negro man John who is about thirty four or five years of age, who is sometimes called John Weaks. Witness my hand and seal this third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six. Jas K. Gibson Witness Jacob Lynch R H Lynch Virginia At a court continued & held for Washington county the 24th day of February 1846 This Deed of Emancipation from James K Gibson to his slave John alias John Weaks was proved in court by the oaths of Jacob Lynch and Richard H. Lynch the subscribing witnesses thereto to be the act and deed of said Gibson and ordered to be recorded. Teste Richard H. Lynch D.C. Document Type Deed Record Location WB 10:66 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 - Gibson to John Weaks - Washington Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846