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Title A name given to the resource Fairfax County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/16/1796 Location The location of the interview Fairfax County Virginia Manumitter William Hartshorne Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document Whereas I have this day purchased a negro man named Ben of the age of twenty five years or thereabouts with a view that he should be a free man after serving me a time for satisfaction of the sum paid to his former masters Joseph Mandeville and Robert B. Jameson. Now in consideration of the said intention I hereby declare that the said negro Ben at the expiration of the term of six years from the date hereof shall be emancipated and set free and discharged from all manner of service to me or my heirs or assigus. Witness my hand and seal at Alexandria this 19th day of the first month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Sealed and delivered Wm. Hartshorne (seal) in the presence of G. Deneale Titus Triplett At a court held for Fairfax 16th February 1796. This deed of manumission from William Hartshorne to negro Ben was proved by the oath of George Deneale and Titus Triplett and ordered to be recorded. Test, P. Wagener Cl Cur Document Type Deed Record Location DB Y-1:326 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 1796 - Hartshorne to Ben - Fairfax Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1796 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/b1062d30e21d4802cc0becae24ea182d.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=EHuHuSnhinQDBucBSE6-Be32pxycQYmCxB1ul2mxLLUMGFXx0-RWpKhsUHXn8RN%7EV3oj1tRJvwU19D2faNm3Ri7Myk81QEd%7EpFmzZiapszILzitejVH3cHslqlWAKE9DPWIy0Pjo5F9rY%7ETKjCi6mc4OmxGR7Ga01I2S%7EpptHS8rIkkjSJWRjncAGgf9ANpbdJBPOpC7JEO3NxjJUxzQyUQelw11uWOwntv6qcTEwDEvIGyRBhTYfO404Kk6oFrv8pfZMpfqE-6h4wFE5CV99ribcUMMMrw3WjF7IZMmNCIyl88H62bwZaoOHuCgXb7z%7EgvLKMh0rvPOF4Dg2QJAPA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM eadc45983e36f15323f120cd97d146d3 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/b94c0f9b5475059e5cfd336edd8aa40f.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=VrhctgerDiGAZCGpeJhA60NV6f%7EIsqze4n3snFge3BRSzLu8BEANrKt%7EcCuZThTIrw24urhf0Wdq4%7EJ6bcw%7EKc1OuN34aZFnX%7EpYTgeCAztWZ9lqOaOXmO%7ESSHyBAfk-zQ-rH-47CMNoFJQhEVBQy-tuBBLcX7wZ4QkjCFRqHh33lpYKfS2ESD2BfVYngfxrwZlv-ZNGScqMsPPMNVLLXixL-OD1Bao2NePCIC2QezF2SFmsMcmWxD7xxMWP515fzbHyBg3%7E-U-v8itLKdM2cLdnuht4O1A0pOOET2oh598DBAQE%7Ef-LW%7ELeGS-LXei8Qxy5wyL2Tivgr7jMWbTkJA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 4df2d77fa7c6450cff07c1c3c2512d48 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/18/1830 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Obed Grey Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Obed Gray of the County of Essex, being sick and weak, but of sound sense and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows. Imprimis, it is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid by my Executor hereafter named. Item, I give to my friends James and Joseph Taylor my cart and setters and my plough horse, to them and their heirs forever, but the plough horse to be kept for the use of my estate until the expiration of this year. Item, I lend to my Aunt Jane Dishman, the balance of my estate, both real and personal, for and during her natural life, and at her death I give to my brother John Gray and half of my land to be laid off agreeably to quantity and quality and one half of my personal estate to him & his heirs forever. Item, I leave in trust to my friend William Gravatte for the benefit, support, and maintenance of my sister Sarah Dishman and her children, the other half of my land and the other half of my personal estate, free and clear of any control of her husband, so that the same shall not be subject to the payment of his debts or to his order, but solely for the support and maintenance of her my said sister Sarah Dishman and her children during her life, and at her death I give the same to be equally divided during all her children to them and their heirs forever. Item, it is my will that at the death of my Aunt Jane Dishman my negro man Ben shall have his choice of continuing a slave or quitting this state and becoming a free man. Should it be his choice to quit the state, I hereby emancipate him from that time. Lastly, I appoint my friend William Gravatt executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day of June 1830. Signed & sealed by the testator as Obed Gray (seal) and for his last will and testament in presence of Andrew Renoulds Daniel Renoulds Richard Southworth At a quarterly court held for the County of Essex at the courthouse in Tappahannock on the 16th day of Aug’t 1830. This last will and testament of Obed Gray dec’d was proved by the oath of David Renoulds one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be certified and continued for further proof. Teste, William B. Matthews Clk And at court held for the said county at the place aforesaid and in the day and year aforesaid. On the motion of William Gravatt the nominal executor in this last will and testament of Obed Gray, a certificate was granted him in order to be his obtaining probate thereof in due form of law, he having first taken the oath of an executor as required by law, and entered into and acknowledged a bond payable to the sitting Justices in a penalty and with security approved by the court and conditioned as required by law, which said bond was ordered to be recorded. Teste, William B. Matthews Clk At an Intervening Court begun and held for Essex County at the courthouse in Tappahannock on the 18th day of October 1830. This last will and testament of Obed Gray dec’d was further proved by the oath of Richard Southworth another subscribing witness to the same and ordered to be recorded. Examined Teste, William B. Matthews Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 22:147 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 1830 - Grey to Ben - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/02a599240ee541e723643925fa928ca3.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=rkmGV9kFboIVraic99adULhDyWUMCGRcITtQYCG2vktEh9l6-BWPsU3XsAi7KG1S5nOhfo6fQH3E3SNaXpOlv0E%7ECta%7E9g4zZr0IMe24ciwBTOxeo3xbbDIsIDtMDEwxdykU7gLEVrTCINQJDbfvI-f2MwllvYkMlndzdhLXpmzqtEBXBJaZ9P2N85EORJgjHbqL0f8ToOvBtsWQq3dBw7Z8T9d4RXCyzRRth8d%7E6fSDY032WsYVrGykP72XTgx7HueRhmhqriaAbcxqlPYgRw-1230wgugjzZU2ki2Iv8qYJBDAK%7Ep7Sjz8BuB9c%7EvggJBwYQayyQbU0LdNs%7EwtLA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 748249bf7b653d8fbe68eaf5369e6cb3 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 Surry County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/26/1791 Location The location of the interview Surry County Virginia Manumitter Thomas Clary Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document I Thomas Clary of Surry County in Virginia being fully persuaded freedom is the natural right of all mankind and that it is my duty to do unto others as I would desire to be done by in the like situation, and having under my care one negro whom I have heretofore held as a slave by the name of Ben aged twenty years, I hereby emancipate and set free the said slave, and I do for myself, my heirs, executors & administrators relinquish all my right, title, interest and claim or pretention of claim whatsoever either to his person or to any estate he may acquire after he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, which will be in May one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, the above said negro to enjoy his full freedom without any interruption from me or any person claiming for, by, from or under me after he arrives to the age aforesaid. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. Sam’l Bailey Thomas Clary (seal) Anselm Bailey Jr. At a court held for Surry County April the 26th 1791 The within written deed of manumission from Thomas Clary to negro Ben was acknowledged by the said Thomas Clary to be his act and deed and by the court ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jacob Faulcon C.S.C. Examined Document Type Deed Record Location DB 13:266 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 1791 - Clary to Ben - Surry Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1791 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/d3659f9d9ef24b686d57926f214f67d8.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=lNZyLw0LPeriGmW%7ECLR31b%7EeN0jyW9HqQNLPVDkmV-uGRNS7iCHICv7XsdiKhhbknUtkg1ZSN-HL7QVUrFiXDvgiQFvORN1SkkVecbJf1RiB3ydchIHKFXaNIsq3eoXBrdoS1PtL11oWDPbVgyNskfAwWPrVRWCC6-xfJPjHllX5QLNlo4aerQ2Z6%7EwPTtSjUPleI9Spob7pfURzsMeEXF5md9KWDKdo59DROee6ExndicBFh4G77rUkB251aZFJPxltCX2pY5Coo-87O23Kn-k9XQbqlVoORJjcFDRwhSFANEu6-dFAPHwVI1MiVNEpIDPIPGHxCwCPYoEc5wqw0w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 03720bf1c1b394896192b401db04559b 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 Surry County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/22/1790 Location The location of the interview Surry County Virginia Manumitter James Judkins Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document I James Judkins of Surry County in Virginia having under my care negro Ben aged about thirty eight years who I have hitherto held as a slave, I do for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators relinquish all my right, title, interest and claim or pretention of claims whatsoever either to his person or to any estate he may hereafter acquire and the above named negro to enjoy his full freedom without any interruption from me or any person claiming under me forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of February one thousand seven hundred & ninety. James Judkins At a court held for Surry County June 22nd 1790 The afore written deed of manumission from James Judkins to negro Ben was acknowledged by the said James Judkins to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. Examined Teste, Jacob Faulcon C.S.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 13:200 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 Sussex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/04/1827 Location The location of the interview Sussex County Virginia Manumitter Herod Burt Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document I Herod Burt of Sussex County being of sound mind do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following to say. 1st It is my will and desire that my negro man Ben be free and suffered to remain in this state, but in case the law will not allow him to remain & he prefers going where he can be free, my executors hereafter named are authorized to give him as much money out of the proceeds of my estate as will pay his expenses in going thither. 2nd It is my will and desire that all my property both real and personal not hereafter given may be sold and should the plantation which I purchased of Bailey Mellows sell for more than seventy seven dollars which sum I gave for it, it is my will and desire that the surplus be given to my daughter Sally Mellows and the seventy seven dollars and interest from the time I bought the land till sold to go to the payment of my debts and the balance if any be equally divided among my following daughters namely Rebecca Burt, Sally Mellows, Polly Burt, Susannah Lamb and Patsey Burt to them and their heirs forever. 3rd I give to my daughter Rebecca Burt the following tract of land including any dwelling house which house I wish my daughter Polly Burt to live in jointly with Rebecca during her single life provided she treats Rebecca well, but should she do otherwise, Rebecca at any time by making the same appear may dispossess her the use of the house, beginning at the head of a ditch at a willow oak in the meadow near my dwelling house thence across said meadow South to a scrub oak near the draw bars thence along the path which leads to Barretts meeting house to a pine a corner tree in Moody Burts line thence along said line to a corner tree in William David line, thence along the old line which formerly divided this tract and the land I bought of William Hix to the head of the saw branch, thence down said branch to the meadow thence up the meadow ditch to the beginning to her and her heirs forever. 4th I give to my son William Burt the following tract of land beginning at the same willow oak where Rebecca’s line commenced thence up Jenney’s swamp to the form thence up the North fork to a path leading to Lanes meeting house till it comes to a west made corner tree to Nicholas Morris’ line thence along that line till it comes to Rebecca Williams line thence down her line to the meadow thence up meadow to the beginning also my barrett still and gold worm and my long gun to him and his heirs forever. 5th I give to my son James Burt the following tract of land beginning at the same willow oak thence up Wm Burts line till it comes to Nicholas Morris’ line thence along his line to a corner tree between Peter Booth & said Morris thence along Booth’s line till it comes to a corner pine between Moody Burt & Rebecca Burt, thence down Rebecca’s line to the beginning I also give him my small still and new worm and my other guns to him and his heirs forever. 6th It is my will and desire that all my land and other property not given should be sold and the money arising from the sale thereof be equally divided between my daughters namely Sally Mellows, Rebecca Burt, Susannah Lamb, Polly Burt & Patsy Hines to them and their heirs forever. Lastly I do appoint James Dillard and William P. Carloss my executors. Given under my hand this 18th August one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. Robert Magee Herod Burt (seal) Eli Coker Edward Burt At a court held for Sussex County the 4th day of January 1827. The last will and testament of Herod Burt dec’d was presented into court by William P. Carloss one of the executors therein named and was proved by the oath of Edward Burt and the affirmation of Eli Coker two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said executor who made oath and entered into bond with security according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste, L Lanier Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB K:432 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 Shenandoah County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/11/1836 Location The location of the interview Shenandoah County Virginia Manumitter Michael Barr Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Michael Barr of the County of Shenandoah & State of Virginia from motives of benevolence & humanity & for the further consideration of two hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Ben, a certain negro slave purchased of John Dirting, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have manumitted, emancipated & set free & hereby do manumit, emancipate & set free my negro slave Ben. And I do hereby entirely & fully discharge him from the performance of any contract entered into during servitude & design that he is to enjoy full and entire freedom. And to this end I do hereby give, grant, and release unto the said Ben all my right, title & claim of, in & to his person, labor & service & of, in & to the estate & property which he now has acquired or which he may hereafter acquire & obtain. And for myself, my Exors, &c will warrant & defend forever by these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 31st day of December 1833. Michael Barr (seal) At a court held for the County of Shenandoah on Monday the 11 day of July 1836. This deed of emancipation was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded. Teste, P. Williams C.S.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB PP:165 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Self Purchase Amount $200 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 Bath County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/1837 Location The location of the interview Bath County Virginia Manumitter William Douglas Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document I William Douglas of the County of Bath in the Commonwealth of Virginia being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish this as and for my last will and testament in manner and form following and hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made and published. 1st I devise unto my daughter Peggy Morrison (wife of Fountain of the County of Alleghany) the use and enjoyment during her natural life of all those tracts or parcels of land purchased by one of James Douglas lying on the Cowpasture River and on which the said Fountain Morrison and wife at present reside and after the death of my said daughter I devise the said lands to such of her children as shall be living and it is my will and desire that the said Fountain Morrison shall not be at liberty to do any act in reference to said lands by which the use and enjoyment thereof moved be withdrawn from his wife, but that she shall remain in the uninterrupted use and possession thereof as a source of maintenance for herself and her infant children. I also give and bequeath unto my said daughter as and for her separate property beyond the control of her said husband during her natural life the following slaves to wit: Daniel, Sam, Malinda and her male child & the future increase of the said Malinda, and after the death of my said daughter my will is that the above mentioned slaves and the future increase thereof vest in and go to such of the children of my said daughter or shall be living at the time of her decease and under no circumstances are my said daughter and her children to be in manner deprived of the support & maintenance herein intended to be provided for them by any act of the said Fountain Morrison or his creditors but her enjoyment of the said property so far as her husband is concerned is to be as free and independent of him as if she were a single woman. 2nd I devise and bequeath unto my six children by Betsy Ross dec’d to wit: Sally Ross, Sophia Ross, Rebecca Ross, Benjamin Ross, William Ross and Anderson Ross all my several parcels of land embracing and contiguous to the salt peter cave or cave on the Cowpasture River and bounded by the lands of Joseph Mays above and by those of Thomas and Hugh McDannald below also the following slaves to wit: Beverly, Dinah, Carolina, Arch, Ann (daughter of Caroline), Charles & Maudd & the future increase of the said female slaves. Also the following personal property of my quarter place to wit: one gray hose, three bay mares, the choice of six milk cows, twelve head of sheep, the stock of hogs, provisions of every kind, wagon gears, farming utensils of every kind, all the grain as well that which may have been gathered as that which may be in the ground also all my salt peter kettles. The land, negroes & other articles of personal property in this clause above enumerated and specified, I desire to be equally divided amongst my said children to wit: Sally, Sophia, Rebecca, Benjamin, William and Anderson and should any of my said last mentioned children depart this life without leaving a child or children living at the time of his or her death, then and in that event my will & desire is that his or her shares of the above mentioned lands & negroes shall revert to and vest in his or her surviving full brothers and sisters but the shares of such of them as shall die leaving a child or children shall vest in such child or children respectively. 3rd It is my will and desire that so much of my estate as is embraced in and disposed of by the foregoing clauses of this instrument shall pass into the possession of the legatees entitled thereto immediately after my decease & that no part thereof be subject to the payment of my debts, but that the same be wholly exonerated therefrom so long as the entire residue of my estate shall remain unexhausted by the claims of just creditors. 4th I devise unto my daughter Theresa Stuart (wife of Charles Stuart) his negro slaves to wit: Nelly and George both of which I placed in the possession of my said daughter immediately after her marriage. 5th I devise unto my daughter Caroline Stuart (wife of Edward Stuart) all that tract or parcel of land I purchased of Richard Mays Jr adjoining the lands of Edward Wood on the Cowpasture River in Bath County also a tract or parcel of land patented to myself supposed to be as date in 1812 containing fifty acres be the same more or less adjoining the last above mentioned tract on the west side thereof and called the Scrub Grass Hollow also one other tract patented to myself and supposed to bear date in 1812 containing fifteen acres more or less adjoining the tract I purchased or Richard Mays Jr on the east side of the Cowpasture River & the lands of Edward Wood should she die without a child or children living at the time of her decease my will & desire is that the lands above mentioned & devised to her revert to and vest in her surviving full brothers & sisters, but should she die leaving a child or children living then it my will & desire that the said lands descend to and vest in such child or children in fee simple. 6th I also devise to my said daughter Caroline Stuart upon the same terms and conditions as are mentioned in the next above clause twenty acres of land to be taken off at the upper end of a tract of fifty acres granted to myself by patent, bearing date on the 22 day of August 1812. 7th I devise and bequeath unto my children Jilson Griffith (alias Jilson Douglas), Mary Griffith (alias Mary Douglas), Henson Griffith (alias Henson Douglas), and Julia Stuart (wife of Adam Stuart) the following real and personal estate to be equally divided between them, to wit one tract of land lying on the Cowpasture containing 340 acres be the same more or less it being the same tract upon which I now reside also one other tract patented to me on the 22 day of August 1812 containing ten acres be the same more or less and adjoining the tract last above mentioned, also a tract of eighty acres for which I hold the title bond of Adam Dickinson adjoining the lands of Edward Wood & Robt Sitlington & the tract on which I now reside & known by the name of Sexton Place, a tract, also my wagon and gears belonging or attached to the place on which I reside, all the farming utensils, the crop of grain of every description and provisions on the said place which may be on hand at the time of my decease. 8th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Griffith (alias Mary Douglas) one hundred and fifty dollars in money to be paid over to her guardian by my Executors to complete her education and to defray her other necessary expenses, also a negro boy named James but in the even of my said daughter departing this life without a child or children living at the time of her decease, then & in that event, my will & desire is that said negro boy revert to and vest in such of her full brothers & sisters as shall survive her, but should she leave a child or children living at the time of her decease, then & in that event I will said negro boy to such child or children. 9th I do hereby emancipate and set free my negro slave Ben (son of Dinah) because of his great fidelity and service to me which on one occasion resulted in the loss of one of his eyes and I furthermore bequeath unto the said Ben a young brown mare and one hundred dollars to be delivered and paid over to him by my Executors immediately after my decease and I do furthermore impress it upon my Executors to furnish the said Ben with the necessary papers as evidence of his emancipation to enable him to leave the country immediately after my decease. 10th I give and bequeath unto my children Theresa Stuwart, Henson Griffith, Gilson Griffith, Caroline Stuart, Juliet Stuart & Mary Griffith the following slaves to wit: Alfred, Joh, Ellisk, Mariah, Mariah’s youngest child Allen, Levi, Harry, Nancy, Edmund, Jane, Mary and Jane’s youngest child to be equally divided amongst them – provided however that should that part of my estate which is herein set apart as the fund for the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses prove inadequate to that purpose then and in that event the negroes named in the foregoing part of this clause or so many thereof as shall be necessary for the purpose shall constitute an additional fund for the payment of my debts a majority of the legatees to whom they are bequeathed upon reasonable notice to them by my Executors are to have the privilege of designating such of the said slaves as they named prefer being sold & in the event of the said legatees failing to make a selection then & in that event that duty is to devolve upon my Executors who shall sell so many thereof as may be necessary for the purpose for which they are thus set apart and provided also that should any of the said last mentioned legatees depart this life without a child or children living at his or her decease then & in that event his or her share of the above last mentioned legacy shall revert to and vest in the surviving legatees. 11th All the rest and residue of my estate not disposed of in the previous part of this instrument, embracing lands, negroes, debts due me and my interest in the estate of my father Benjamin Douglas dec’d shall constitute a fund out of which I desire that all my just debts & funeral expenses shall be paid and I enjoin upon my Executors hat they without unnecessary delay proceed to make sale of the residue of my property and apply the same & the debts due me to the payment of all my just creditors. I do not however by this general provision in favor of creditors intend that I shall operate in such a way to revise any state demands to the recovery of which the statute of limitations would prevent a bar. 12th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Juliet Stuart upon the same terms and conditions attached to the other legacies given to her by this will a negro girl named Emiline. 13th I give and bequeath unto my son Henson Douglas a negro slave named Anderson. The two last mentioned legacies are not to be subjected to the payment of my debts until the two funds provided in the 10th and 11th clauses of this will for that purpose shall have been exhausted. 14th All the rest and residue of my estate of every kind whatsoever not necessary for the payment of my debts nor otherwise disposed of by this instrument, I will & bequeath unto my children Theresa Stuart, Henson Griffith, Jilson Griffith, Juliet Stuart, Caroline Stuart, and Mary Griffith to be equally divided between them. 15th Last I constitute and appoint Charles Stuart and Edward Stuart Executors of this my last will and testament. In testimony hereof I have set my name and affixed my seal this 2nd day of January 1836. Signed sealed published William Douglas (seal) & declared by William Douglas as and for his last will & testament in our presence & hearing & by us at the request of the said William Douglas and in his presence subscribed as witnesses thereto William H Terrell Joseph Wood Bath County June Court 1837 This last will and testament of William Douglas dec’d was presented in court and proved by the oath of William H Terrell and Joseph Wood subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Ch’s S. Francisco Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 4:356 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 1837 - Douglas to Ben - Bath Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/04dbf088d7203ace3ffdc7a7427d6a81.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=hcTHjU5f1o0B%7E6BNTlxokRCqg8KnaynWFyVf9Y46MqYaqEGR50FsUajUv6cjR7MHwl9BrmQS88l0wEZaS9MXXGjXrExxaSG8ThM7hXVnncIRRuYv51NMcZmHSE-T3HsBeVndq2flsTLxvswwQaN0JpuD4wciciWQ2x935DtFkQro30gIw1xUugY-o3S19DW1TD1PtxZGpJ7KrPecwg8a2o9unWa8ApfL5Nti1KK70LPfYF7VjJdGmeeaOsfkELv%7EEpy-PSBMitN-fdMJnsVBfRgViChW8RmEqYd3-kD7AyYB5FgJlTjIQMbPLF1upQzRR6VQgsvCAY64H4eCH3kE6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ce24d7fc3cfd988337df7b7fe9639c85 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 Prince Edward County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/18/1798 Location The location of the interview Prince Edward County Virginia Manumitter Zadock Thackston Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document To all whom it may concern know ye that by an Act of Assembly passed in Virginia May 1782 intitled an act for the emancipation of slaves therefore all persons who are disposed so to do are thereby empowered therefore by the authority aforesaid I Zadock B Thackston of Prince Edward County from a clear conviction of the impropriety of slavery do set free the following slave, Ben who is now twelve years old shall go out free in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen entirely free from me or mine or any other person whatsoever under the power of civil protection as witness my hand and seal this 11th day of June 1798. Teste John Muskgichie Z B Thackston (seal) At a court held for Prince Edward County June 18th 1798 This deed of emancipation from Zadock B Thackston to his negro slave Ben was presented in court and acknowledged by said Thackston party thereto to be his act and deed ordered that the same be recorded. Teste, F Watkins CC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 11:212 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 1798 - Thackston to Ben - Prince Edwards Co,VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1798 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/35b66a2cff4bdc6814c9745e9826a267.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=VaBnkpiidVv0vwJK62dr2R-gf-sA1GLzBs9X0eR5ETZUcUpS99DHzH8dL-dj7bzJ0wHuq6xVQM8DxqHoITMGRklHKy%7EBkbxLcJ76MxPiSmwqPNCUagMrST5MF-5BNwQ8LH9352BpS6J-RawZW97dSGQJRdHDfzjCZ5KftoYdOJR-qTsbcrAdaE2yQgWA1mmkmp6SN6QYSxeO0yUiw9zAV7bx9Az53ysPUJqh5gZJOdOE9UxetxB8c55mJSPdOJbwXylI58LZnGP268zM7shSFrsVzLoQLBnNgmt68Yhtb6gm61zrr3qiGjyw6ckqLqkQo%7EyvNib2XWHj%7Eqtb%7E%7EjVPw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 51d321d34d15c9bfba2977d708ffe8a5 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 Powhatan County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/28/1823 Location The location of the interview Powhatan Virginia Manumitter Thomas A Taylor Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document Be it remembered that I Thomas A Taylor of the County of Powhatan, for his past meritorious services, his uniformity, honest, and upright deportment, and for other equally momentous considerations, do hereby, as the laws of the State of Virginia, may in such cases direct, wish to emancipate, liberate, and effectually set free my, at present colored man and slave, named Ben, and I the said Thomas A Taylor accordingly hereby do, should the worshipful Court of Powhatan County not disapprove of the act, by these presents, most fully and effectually emancipate, liberate and set free my said man, and present slave named Ben, and I the said Thomas A Taylor do hereby further declare it to be my most earnest wish, desire and request that he my present slave named Ben may henceforward to be considered and treated as a free man, to all intents and purposes, or as nearly so as the tenor of the said state laws may be found consistently to admit; and it is the further desire and request of him, the said applicant Thomas A Taylor, that he, the said negro man named Ben, after his being emancipated, by permission, may by the said worshipful court, be permitted to reside in the said County of Powhatan, unmolested, so long as his, the said man named Ben’s conduct may be found to be uniformly orderly upright and perfectly consistent with such permission. The said man named Ben is about thirty one years old, is believed to be sound and has been hitherto as free from casual or other sickness as could reasonably be expected. In testimony whereof and every part hereof he Thomas A Taylor aforesaid, hath hereunto subscribed his name and affixed his seal this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. Thomas A Taylor (seal) At a court of quarterly sessions for the county of Powhatan on the 28th day of November 1823. This deed of emancipation from Thomas A Taylor to a negro man named Ben, late the property of the said Thomas A Taylor, was presented in court and acknowledged by the said Thomas A Taylor to be his act and deed, and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded. Teste, Wm S Dance C Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location DB 8:394 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 Albemarle County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Albemarle County Virginia Date Court Date 08/05/1833 Manumitter John Watson Manumitted Ben Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I John Watson High Top of Albemarle County and State of Viriginia, being in declining age though of sound mind memory and under standing do through the mercy of a kind providence make and bequeath this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills made by me heretofore. Item 1st After my just debts are paid I will that all my property real personal and every other sort and kind shall be sold or lotted as my children which I shall hereafter name may think best my man Ben encepted and equally divided amongst my four children namely Franky Watson, late Fanny Watson, Joab Watson, James Watson and William Watson to them or their lawful bodily heirs. Item 3 My will is Sally Watson, my son John Watson’s wife or her heirs shall have no part of my estate now in my possession in consequence of having given her heretofore as much or more than her proportion of my estate, but she shall keep and hold all I’ve given her or John Watson heretofore. Item 3 I give Ison Watson, husband of my daughter Franky Watson, by deed two hundred acres of land at four dollars per acre and a milk cow at fifteen dollars all of which is to be considered in his lot, and if it be more than the balance of my property will divide equally amongst my other three children named in this. Item he Watson shall pay such overplus to my estate also James Watson had of use a cow at ten dollars which same is to be deducted from his part. Item 4 My will and special desire is that my man Ben shall have his choice to be free according to State of Virginia or choose his master whom he will be sold to and shall not be freed by my children or any other person to a home or man whom he is unwilling to serve. Furthermore, I wish my executor to attend strictly to this fourth item and have the unmolested right to dispose of Ben accordingly. Item 5 I will that my old woman Sucky shall be sold to the highest or lowest bidder to any person whom she may be willing to serve, but not to be freed out of her choice, unless no person she makes choice of will buy her. Lastly I constitute and appoint Edmund I Thompson and Nathaniel Thomas Jr or either of them executors to this my last will and testament. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of April eighteen hundred and thirty three. John Watson (seal) Witnesses Nathaniel Thompson Peter McColly At a Court held for Albemarle County 5 August 1833 This Instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Watson (Hightop) was this day produced into Court and proved by the oaths of Nathl Thompson and Peter McColly, subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. A copy Teste Ira Garrett, CC Record Location Will Book 11, Pg 255-256 Document Type LW&T 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 1833 - Watson to Ben - Albemarle Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1833