1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/84ee98f9cf346eae1ec9e6757a0366a2.jpg?Expires=1784764800&Signature=N-Me0yJPIozSDbxc67LTDPshVWquD16MVvPT2tprk3b3E08nhmFbZ6YZ2MVVb6ufgsGiO67vspvX5VoiV7%7ES30rHZAxSd4WmhzsN3odqfK9fvtYQ8QeKHBSGlTqGmG8Ega1B2ICqugDTyIO%7ELI-0vE3eric5L0DJ99L0dE9xSf5C6B6HnNQj37YQGkJblWpnFYqxIABQXQ6IM2bnCtgb8wmT4hNan8SMb5o4xgxPDJI2TbJoYq4IAgpHVXaho3V0BWGDm6KsIjef0qtXpIFFnfRGCK%7EIAdfbhzqOIx0uLIDaiN8fqblE%7E0kl2ke2XmIFhsrjpQUCitRnGSS207Nv9w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 70dbf9b17c8cde106d1b9d950f70db74 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 Southampton County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/21/1860 Location The location of the interview Southampton County Virginia Manumitter George James Manumitted Hannah, two unnamed children Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen I George T James of the County of Southampton and State of Virginia do make and ordain this to be my last Will and testament in manner and form following. to wit. First I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Jackson Freedony Jackson and Martha Jackson daughters of Annora[?] Jackson all of my tracts of land to them and their heirs forever. though if either of said children should die before they arrive the age of twenty one then the surviving ones shall have her part her part of said land. Second. I give and bequeath unto John H. James son of Francis James five hundred dollars in money or good bonds - Third. I loan to James R Joyner the following negro woman Hannah and her two children and future increase his life and at his death they are to be free - My negro man Stephen I give and bequeath unto said James R Joyner - the balance of my estate after paying my just debts I give and bequeath unto Mark A James and William A Joyner to be equally devided between them - Lastly. I nominate, Constitute and appoint Mark A James and William A Joyner Extors to this my last Will and testament - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 25th day of April 1861. In presant of George T. James (Seal) J. E. P. Turner Jno. T. Branch At a Court held for the County of Southampton on the 21st day of October 1861. This last Will and testament of George T James decd was proved by the oaths of J. E. P. Turner and Jno T. Branch the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Mark A James and William A Joyner the executors therein named who made oath and together with Thomas M Newsom their Security (who justified on oath as to his sufficiency) entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Six thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs certificate is granted them for obtaining probat of the said will in due form - Teste L R Edwards CC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 17:394 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Notes Notes regarding the record further research needed to determine if these individuals were in fact freed before general emancipation 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 1861 - James to Hannah, et al - Southampton Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861