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              <text>Know all men by these presents that I Austin &#13;
Williams of the Town of Lynchburg and &#13;
County of Campbell do hereby for and in &#13;
consideration of the sum of One hundred &#13;
Dollars but more especially for the faithfull [faithful] &#13;
services performed by my negroe woman &#13;
Charlotte I do liberate and emancipate &#13;
her the said Charlotte from all services that &#13;
I might have a right to claim from her &#13;
forever. And I the said Aurtin Williams do &#13;
hereby for myself my heirs executors and &#13;
administrators liberate and forever quit claim &#13;
to the said Negro Charlotte and give her as &#13;
full and equal libraty [liberty] as if the said Negroe &#13;
woman Charlotte never had been a slave &#13;
In Witness whereof I do hereby set my &#13;
hand and seal this 29th day of Sept 1817 &#13;
Austin Williams (Seal) &#13;
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of &#13;
David Hoffman &#13;
Vincent Bailey &#13;
R. W. Chandler - Williams To Charlotte } Deed emancipation &#13;
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