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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lynchburg City Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Lynchburg VA Manumitted Charlotte Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Austin Williams of the Town of Lynchburg and County of Campbell do hereby for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars but more especially for the faithfull [faithful] services performed by my negroe woman Charlotte I do liberate and emancipate her the said Charlotte from all services that I might have a right to claim from her forever. And I the said Aurtin Williams do hereby for myself my heirs executors and administrators liberate and forever quit claim to the said Negro Charlotte and give her as full and equal libraty [liberty] as if the said Negroe woman Charlotte never had been a slave In Witness whereof I do hereby set my hand and seal this 29th day of Sept 1817 Austin Williams (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of David Hoffman Vincent Bailey R. W. Chandler - Williams To Charlotte } Deed emancipation Williams to Charlotte } Deed Emancipation Self Purchase Amount $100 Manumitter Austin Williams Date Court Date 09/29/1817 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 1817 - Williams to Charlotte - Lynchburg, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1817 Type The nature or genre of the resource Self Purchase Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of VA - VIRGINIA UNTOLD https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/901dfc9934c07a3a7c4cd364ff31e262.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=aLhh-QC1IKG3G50Vndm6PZdo-kN95UzEtud5XstR4QCbiafBg2PajTmSz60K50Be9X2end%7EGbnV4daEM3LeWsR7fshUS11H7VHFGtJxiDdwmjSclZn1-rfY2SdVG%7Eve-5w6JGgXAl3HAOJCylJpfUNT1PhZ839OevO0GwcGamo-ZSO2jEhFw2QXE8%7E64Q-vJNSbeC0y8PidGD0DxqHAIngfe4gq1X8q8XdbaPHbabSieMy0DkfHq5SQno0VohzFaFwlrNm49Vbiu5reLlsIk5dU0RKPzlwuiqGQpQ7zoAEoRRX3io4W5AE1hMucNG-Qu46NOHxGXqW-rWghx-zUa2g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f86bad842e53d3e22600c324d3a89856 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 Charlotte County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Charlotte County Virginia Manumitter William Bouldin Manumitted Charlotte Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Document Type Deed Record Location B 8:202 Date Court Date 10/11/1799 Text of Freedom Document To all whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that I William Bouldin of the County of Charlotte for sundry good causes and considerations one thereunto moving as well as the services and labor heretofore rendered to me by my negro woman Charlotte, do Emansipate [sic] discharge and make free the said Charlotte, and she is henceforth declared, and to be deemed and considered as a free person to all intents and purposes, and no more to be considered as a slave, or any part of my Estate or any other person or persons claiming by from or under me, and from henceforwards I do by this my Deed of Emansipation [sic] declare her free indeed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eleventh day of October 1799. William Bouldin (seal) Signed, Sealed & acknowledged in presence of Thomas Read. At a Court held for Charlotte County the 4rh day of November 1799 This written instrument emancipating Charlotte belonging to William Bouldin of the said County was acknowledged in Court by the said William Bouldin to be his act and Deed and on his motion the same is ordered to be recorded. Teste, Thomas Read, Clerk Truly Recorded Thomas Read, Clerk 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1799 Title A name given to the resource 1799 - Bouldin to Chalotte - Charlotte Co, VA Description An account of the resource Deed of manumission to Charlotte from William Bouldin of Charlotte County, VA https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/fc9071e34079df94b1b6037ac30fe661.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=jFVHzzZJeyf4VrETjzsAJxZ1nkWrXV5tdx02ZFDUSgstXXkU1DnxB7NJyWLqZKxaMZ6%7E0HFuhMJBLSgWhONtPzqIs3MFt8YQlegs4CsaIs5KaW-0tHtGgbxxSuw-q7WXlUMJShbbWnVPNY7GGqkODFw1wq-UF9LiMf6CzYCfHPTtCpqP0-jsuhHqn3DTKDbejtqKNX6iuzY2zPJ74Sk9cKF3qnFx5VlQEisDrfm5cpNZgJdqSu1uGvp9p0iwQWA46DxoYBYww-kqVXdWd5WliqAShgtyoVUEMf24dxfc09s6DZonUspjhoxRSt3lh8UWzaPujjjdOlyVx8gyXrcRyA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 427246e2c208c16aff027a04f35c47ed https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/bab9d59f3f66245981d596404fe1eb7f.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=rcx51XeWhn4YTAKebg-ET2DCnHUQwTT502OrpfJlFOg0OpLCiHlfp98GpEJOFNijNRYbotJSKSyciqxJjRlAqm9GKemMsThwsgvfhws8NWylNt7lZfIUfafA08xfQDWxVSzgcIvxXr%7EwNxPJZXiA-8T-VWf9UCgHPzms%7EpCy1zFNkSZtMf2W7X1xaGoZZ4n8yGOkzISGuGgnMk%7E4zUL9wG9ORi7IcqW83N3Veyr0JVBA36uiBp6fgJZ4QbCf%7ECr1HT%7EKgswU7j39jdgP8%7E1DbRoC7E0d0vLFl94YePr2kfwTJGoLwlP3D9lBgVkLVZ%7EWqtjE%7EsupiyIFpXI3u8krVw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1e123eb9e8dd9db0ab941bff68cac9dc 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 Albemarle County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Albemarle County Virginia Manumitter William White Manumitted Charlotte Celey Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 Record Location Will Book 6, Page 311 Document Type last will & testament Date Court Date 09/07/1818 Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that on the sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventeen and the forty second of the Independence of the United States of America at the request of Harry Norton & John Brown of this City of New Orleans and in conformity to my order bearing date as above before me James Pitot Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the City and Parish of New Orleans personally appeared [illegible] P.P. Pollard, DB Stimmel, J. Havland Samuel Nelson and Richard Stern all residing in the city of New Orleans who being duly sworn according to law do declare and say that a last will which I presented to them and which appears having been made at this instance and under the direction of the late William White dec’d in the said city of New Orleans on the second September instant anno domino 1817 is the same that the said William White caused to be written out of their presence on the first of September instant which the said deceased did not sign on account for this great weakness but told them to be such his last will and testament for the purpose there in mentioned after a due reading given to him in their presence, and further that they their signatures as well as the cross mark of the said dec’d William White at the foot of the said last will and they signed signed PP Pollard, DB Stimmel, Jonathan Havland, Rich Sterns, Samuel Nelson sworn and subscribed before me in New Orleans September 6 1817 Signed Jm. Pitot Judge and John Brown here present declares upon oath that the aforesaid last will and testament is in his (said witness) own hand writing except the Woods John Brown and that the same was so written at the instance and under the direction of the said William White who acknowledged it as his last will and testament in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses and he signed John Brown sworn to and subscribed before me New Orleans September 6th 1817. Signed Jm Pitot Judge whereupon I the said Judge do declare the said last will duly proved and made agreeably to the law of this state and after having subscribed it ne varietur at the beginning and at the end I did order the same to be deposited and recorded in the register office of this Court and that copies thereof may be delivered to all person it may concern done and passed at New Orleans the same day and year first above written Signed Js. Pitot Judge ne varietur Signed Js Pitot Judge I the subscribed being indisposed in health but of sound judgement and recollection considering moreover the uncertainty of time do make and ordain Harvey Norton and John Brown my sole administrator executors attorney & for my use and in my name do by these presents request that after my death that my body may be committed to the ground & my soul to god who gave it and when all my just debts should have been paid the balance of my estate, it is my wish shall be disposed of in the following manner (viz) Charlotte my negro slave and her female daughter named Celey for their kind attention to me during my illness it is my will that they immediately after my death be emancipated and freed for life, the balance of my estate in money and other wise I do by these presents give and bequeath to my brother Maury White of the State of Virginia Signed and sealed in the parish of and city of New Orleans in the year of our Lord and first day of September eighteen hundred and seventeen in presence of Signed William White his mark Samuel Nelson Richard Stern ne varietur Signed Js. Pitot Judge I do hereby certify this to be a true copy of the original duly filed amongst there [illegible] Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office New Orleans October twenty fourth one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and the forty second year of the independence of the United States of America. For Thomas Beale righter of wills Brierre [illegible] At a Court held for Albemarle County the 7th day of September 1818 This instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of William White deceased was produced into Court and duly certified from the City of New Orleans and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Henry White letters of administration was granted him upon his giving bond and security as the law directs which was done accordingly. Teste, Alex Garrett, CC 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 Bath County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/29/1840 Location The location of the interview Bath County Virginia Manumitter Joseph Mayse Manumitted Charlotte Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Mayse of the County of Bath and Commonwealth of Virginia for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving hath liberated, emancipated and forever set free from servitude, and by these presents hath liberated, emancipated and forever set free from servitude my negro woman slave Charlotte and her future increase and doth hereby bind myself and my heirs to forever quit claim to the said slave Charlotte, and her future increase as a slave or slaves reserving to myself the services and control of my said slave Charlotte during my life. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this [blank] day of [blank] 1839. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Joseph Mayse (seal) R. Carlyle Thomas W Danunald Sam’l Lewis W. Gatewood This deed of emancipation from Joseph Mayse to Charlotte a slave was presented in to me in my office and on the 28th day of April 1840 was partly proved by the oath of Warwick Gatewood and Samuel Lewis and on the 29th day of May 1840 was fully proved by the oath of Robert Carlyle they being three of the subscribing witnesses thereto and was admitted to record. Teste, S.N. Porter Clk Document Type Deed Record Location WB 4:506 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 1840 - Mayse to Charlotte - Bath Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840