1 10 3 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/7a35956a3801a411b0af1af3684ed7d2.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=baM-81qOMZ1Zqq%7EREixZOzx79v5cQoG2ynEXDK2fqmNfdtYKPr%7EYboIOZX2RyMtCE34kWjehzBC6qLxAc4kWg08RvNhjdzf9sTPhNPbVnfDpRUZOSKQdKo%7E8raQAxPn5lXlBRFJtDYtc9upKi3k3Ve0R3XwtUtHkDa5mz-uUCO6VlTT58tEUNaUb8HeYrY6IH3%7ETipT4h9tTU00SCDUp7gSrhgTQxPON%7E6D2HhPiuM7%7EqR2LBls4mB%7E5SMEZr2GbxcG-EQDe8NyTnq7OiFfSc%7EZyn2D5Tay09mqDwQuOt-tVwjWIv98z3s%7EXNjmNvs4OOh9BZ2eI5DEgFE088R2PrQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c56f46fd7b36f844ee767592e0a830b6 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/16aaba8ec391549055dbcd902dd9a8b9.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=kBbSwOLwlALaDLlLyHPaSg6vGyLUr4%7EHr75D6gAOVu5tcfMaZkjlTnesT3k3HF4KJKZZxYpnPNgnNAwQXFLUQDNYGUxRC1D2396hOB0%7EkgYh7pc8KOJoj8WxrJqVFfi6UXHW9aEVB0wFjnJXiw4YkV-T--CPbl7Qm0oR57XU8pG59FZveVjpQhwaa1bTg7wiulEve183zs31Cg-eyN3SRlJMT3Tw47qwLMluf5M3MTOpnc5%7E3A2o9BNXoVgdJ5HO3AoWucWDy38XVYATcgFe-XX0MK5j-YbvgrAHTM8R-34m7B6l8ucuLqa%7EtSTZ6uKILG%7Exr88IyV1XDoNBcqKAzw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b4058c1f8069f4ed8dffbb2ed8eb70ce 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 Stafford County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/11/1844 Location The location of the interview Stafford County Virginia Manumitter Euphemia Daniel Manumitted all slaves Text of Freedom Document I Euphemia T. Daniel do here write my last will & testament, being weak of body but of sound mind, do wish to dispose of my property in the following manner to wit: 1st the payment of all my just debts. 2nd it is my wish that all my servants shall be emancipated to Liberia & money to defray the necessary expense. A legacy to my nephew George Lewis Adie of $300. To my nephew Wilberforce Reid the amount due me from his father James H. Reid. To my sister Fanny Adie five dollar gold piece & a jet & gold breast pin & black silk dress. To my sister Amy Ann Reid five dollar gold piece & a jet finger ring & a light colored silk. To my brother James Tolson’s wife the choice of my bed quilts. The balance of my estate to be left to my husband Dr. Mo. M. Daniel that he has in his hands & the Floury land and to Jane E. Thompson a plain gold ring & all the books which she gave me the presents she gave me. Witness my hand & seal Witness, Jane E. Thompson, James Tolson E.T. Daniel (seal) Stafford County Court Math the 11th 1844 The last will and testament of Euphemia T. Daniel deceased was this day proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, H.N. Conway Cl Cur Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location DB NN:299 Notes Notes regarding the record all enslaved individuals to be set free and costs paid for transportation to Liberia; further research needed to ascertain number and names of freed people 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 1844 - Daniel to slaves - Stafford Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1844 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/ae746dea4764f3029746052c95deb8eb.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=lNn4paArvKikIVVBR7jdGRGnErjOZ0qWKtDJbsCkxKpWX8TN06LPUEb2fQJJKO7f336l8BbqphlbMTaCWl2ncTmiiarTKCCBHoH5tzU-8iJpwEK2X-G5MNRb2EhlHRhpAiQ-CWDNsK-aZpH16y1Aj73-xEofeLeCp-xmfaoA0njNjpH6E-yp7GooTdULEPXwDNVcYXAhPI1cJhyiW6KVKBK1-0-3dHbu47sFojfmT5KvSzrEeboWLwlKg%7EykolDiKMkE%7EuHL3pzn6L-pjxVG4d8J0o-PMjg0hKxyTSRzSKtlO3ajcvV7qrB0ecCIhYvhyfwQoH-FZ1cX8FYZgcIOxA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b3e49e66a31fec19d8aa3b04fafc5df4 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 Stafford County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/14/1842 Location The location of the interview Stafford County Virginia Manumitter William Robertson Manumitted all slaves Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I William W. Robertson of the County of Stafford and State of Virginia, do make this my last will & testament in manner & form following viz: After the payment of all my just debts & funeral expenses, I give my whole estate both real & personal to my loving & affectionate wife Eleanor, to her own use & disposal separate from the control of A. Husband. But nevertheless subject to the payment of the legacies and under the restrictions hereafter mentioned, to wit: It is my will that my Executors hereafter mentioned go into an immediate examination of my books & vouchers & report them to the Court according to law. My will is that the claim recorded in Pittsburg in my farms against my brother Thomas Robertson be given to his son John W. Robertson of Pittsburg whom his paying over to his cousin Morgan Roberton the sum of two hundred dollars without interest. My will is that all bonds & papers that may be found in my possession against my brother in law Joseph Wilson of the State of Ohio shall be null & void forever. My will is that my house carpentering tools be given to John W. Latham of Ohio, grandson of my wife. My will if the laws of my country will so permit that my slaves be set free, the males at the age of twenty six years. My will is that my house & lots situated on Aquia at the death of my wife b given to her daughter Nancy. Lastly I appoint my friends Colonel Briggs, Edward Waller and James W. Ford as my Executors to which I set my hand & seal this twenty second day of October eighteen hundred & forty two. Test W.W. Robertson (seal) Joseph Golatt John W. Carter Lewis Knight Stafford County Court November the 14th 1842 The last will & testament of William W. Robertson dec’d was this day proved by the oaths of John W. Carter & Lewis Knight, two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Edw’d Waller, one of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto & entered into bond with security conditioned as the law directs, a certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste, W.N. Conway Cl. Cur. Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location DB NN:60 Notes Notes regarding the record further research needed to ascertain number and names of freed people, if they were in fact freed 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 1842 - Robertson to slaves - Stafford Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1842 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/04e70af4370bde6d10c33abbea572c3a.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=UrpBE5vc4i-DB67SsLvbbB5%7EvI2Cn%7EK3NMQvOH8tnTR524RTAo6WGhdjO6weRNTEFVCH3QOQGRo6ebu6opIIu5bTcKwVof307H3sI74q-c7Jb5%7E-KTf28LmEVkbwwH1tN37GQqoyktBu8b1Zs3OAtBxuDpuhUzKUCmHW-T92IKzWn0PRoCLtieW5J6AiNiwm%7EusuPYgs8%7ExRoMqzp23V8GcqQyH91Cm%7EoaYvAvzQCrPdKASH9Rhn7%7EtRACYjrBrrYi04QXl%7EfAyEq3pqCS3p-6xDesHEZkjpuEpdVHSJDxXa%7EBxIjh5dki23dENsDyexHb5W113ka5mqyBZSXVMtsQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 31773a0387e753720f6c54d3aea70068 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/49bd2713f918ffbd41448d3f8361d019.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=E1tr08jreRyD99JQcyvkLCQLtsdOvxOk156IAxbhp33G4w6ZSb4rvHgWC4qLT7fFpuvzhsEYt47Ur4iFqMiucX4Pbk-d1MuC8r1H%7EgZ2JuV39YVeoI1Rjvr5YNtI1dHMj5XroFE6LyBBN1qBfaVkltEBsPAJQzg6GNjX1rBN248NaFDnOlhFhO1Fns%7EIv-CE1cETJdrwuQcB8itzW%7EIm5CQa-SY8LVWiWOWe6aijDtpZGMCAX248OpPqjjVzc8CYYMxt2jHq4hfu4XCOKEx%7EwDAEX8JnyIQrFn3EKhwAgIi6ww3je-YMZ6tOh1wQZCY4AW7m0RYZ3UvOhnEzks9YJA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1cf0349ba3c2220d3074a1bed5110e44 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 Carroll County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Carroll County Virginia Manumitter John Carroll Manumitted all slaves Text of Freedom Document I John Carroll of the County of Carroll and State of Virginia do hereby make and ordain this as my last will and testament, being of sound mind and disposing memory as follows. First it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. Second. It is my will that all my property both real and personal, except my slaves be sold by my Executor herein after appointed. The real property for one fourth of the purchase money in cash and the balance in one two and three years equal payments the purchaser giving bond and good security and a lien retained on the bond for the security of the deferred payments. My personal property to be sold on a credit of twelve months for all sums over five dollars the purchaser giving bond and good security. All sums under give dollars cash in hand. I further will that my Executor hereinafter named shall hire out my slaves to some careful person or persons who will use them well until such time as he shall have collected the money arising to my estate and then it is my will that my said slaves shall be free as well such as are living at the time of my death as those that may be born afterwards. I further will that should my said slaves prefer going to a non slave holding state that my Executors appoint some faithful agent if he cannot perform the duty himself to buy lands for them in such state as will be of the value of all the money in the hands of my Executors except such sums as will be necessary to defray the expenses of their removal and buy such personal property as will be sufficient to enable them to work the lands so bought. I further will that they shall have the benefit of and I hereby will to them equally to be divided amongst them all my money arising from the sale of my property as before directed and from collection of debts due me or arising from the hire of said slaves to be expended as herein before directed. I further will that if there be any doubt about my said slaves being entitled to their freedom at the end of such time as my Executor shall settle up and make collection as herein before directed, then that they be free at my death and be removed from the state as by how they may be required, as I have before directed. I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Hon. Andrew S. Fulton of the County of Wythe and State aforesaid as Executor of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this the 7th day of March 1860. Witness Jno. Carroll (seal) WP Haller (seal) J.A. Carter (seal) Virginia, Carroll County Court June Term 1860 A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of John Carroll deceased was produced in court and proved by the oaths of William P. Haller & John A. Carter the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded & Andrew S. Fulton who was nominated executor of said will having by a writing sworn his hand which is ordered to be filed & received with the will, renounced the Executorship thereof. The court proceeded to appoint an administrator with the will annexed & on motion of John Early who made oath according to law & together with James Early, James B Johnson & Michael Kinser his securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of thirty thousand dollars with condition according to law. Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of said will as administrator with the said will annexed in due form of law. A Copy Teste W.H. Sutherland D.C. Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 2:63 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted unknown Notes Notes regarding the record Money to be provided from estate to transport to a free state if desired - did this occur? See account inventory for names of individuals freed 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 1860 - Carroll to unnamed individuals - Carroll Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860 06/01/1860