1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/79bdbd32732e404a5a3e9868889c432f.pdf?Expires=1787788800&Signature=pD94Njdh-MslTM9N1unowIZ41SUw1KebVi-QXjMBax3ljPr-Aa32vokwR4qapqKtIVKWEjpwJ-06BR3y5QDGtk-sqyd80yNmUmgl1gcN1S5hdRvALjti8KbJxXQuoXGx-u3ERaxSF%7EY8lMHn35H1KqSNJTFbBqlwHTl8uNUiC65dLI92c9OVj2z-VhOdRvNbk%7E9lS789UbR7O%7ED2QZ9gEIr5clEAvOza6VTCDtW2adzKJJL0uliR6X8d%7E-YLflC17AE4Zcoj2cC5bsJZJyenJ3jt8oOH83K5aib1FzfFEv506fyntb5ebAy-4V9KGSxJ%7E06PtEFSH2lnXAHOkBiEtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bb137b4bae3f47a6007f06df4982da3e 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 Bedford County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Bedford VA Manumitter Nicholas Davies Witnesses James Scott, James Dewitt, Sam Holt, Thomas Dillon, Abraham Wandell, Aaron Dewitt, William Finney Manumitted Names listed in Deed book 9, pg 322 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted ~ Text of Freedom Document Deed Book I 9 Page 321 Emancipation Davies’s Negroes To all to whom these presents shall come Nicholas Davies do send greeting: Know Ye, that the said Nicholas Davis fo the County of Bedford do here by liberate the following slaves together with their Increase born & to be born forever (to wit: Billy, Nancy, Eady, Isa, Matilda, Jacob, King, Will, Lucy, Phobe, Godfrey, Pompey, Young Scotland, Sarah, Isaac, Any, Titus, Isham, George & Judy, In Testimony ~ whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 26th day of March 1794 ---------- Nicholas Davis {LS} [Seal] Signed sealed & Delivered on the presents of us James Scott, James Dewitt, Sam Holt Thomas Dillon Abraham Wandell Aaron Dewitt, William Finney [marked with an x]} The (blothes) peace on the above writing was done by me Nicholas Davies at a court held for Bedford County the 23rd day of June 1794 ______ This instrument of writing emancipating certain slaves the property of Nicholas Davies was prosed by th Oath of James Scott & Samuel Holt witnesses whose names are there unto subscribed & Ordered to be recorded. Teste Ja Steptoe CBC Exc Document Type Deed Record Location B9, 321 Notes Notes regarding the record referencing the same people + their children, plus distribution of Date Court Date 06/23/1794 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 1794 - Davies to Billy, et al. - Bedford Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1794 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bedford Co Court Clerk