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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 12/02/1813 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter John Noe Manumitted Phill Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I John Noe of Lee County and State of Virginia being very weak in body but of sound mind and memory for which I thank Almighty God, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit.Principally and first of all I recommend my soul to god that gave it nothing doubling but that I shall receive the same again at the general resurrection and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian like decent manner at the discretion of my friends. Secondly, I give to my sons John Noe, Regullus Noe, David Noe, Randolph Noe, James Noe, Charles Noe and Hiram Noe and my daughters Polly Osborn and Peggy Hubbard one dollar to be equally divided between them and no more.Thirdly I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Noe my negro Phill my bay horse and one cow and calf and all my household furniture and farming utensils and every species of property which I now possess of whatever nature or kind it may be, all of which property (except the said negro Phill) by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed forever, and at her death it is my will that the said negro Phill be at liberty to do for himself and as the laws of this state he cannot be set free I hope some of my friends will at the death of my said wife take the said negro Phill into their care and act as guardian for him, and I do hereby utterly revoke and disallow all former wills and testaments by me heretofore made hereby ratifying confirming and allowing this and no other to be my last will and testament.In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this second day of December 1813. Signed, sealed, published and declaredJohn Noe (seal)by the said John Noe to be his last will and testament in presence ofCharles CarlenNancy BlakemoreWilliam HamptonJohn Noes will recorded Re C 1-53 Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location Misc. Wills 1:53 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted accounted for in later deed Notes Notes regarding the record Phill was ultimately freed by the Elizabeth Noe, wife of the deceased John Noe. See Deed Book 3:320, 10/08/1817 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/25/1814 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter Joseph Spencer Manumitted George Freeman Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Spencer being convinced that freedom is the natural right of every human being do hereby from that conviction freely voluntarily and of my own choice emancipate and forever set free a certain mulatto man slave by the name of George free man being about twenty four years of age well set and about five foot ten inches high. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26thday of July 1814.Joseph Spencer (seal)At a court held for LeeCounty the 25thday of October 1814.A writing of emancipation between Joseph Spencer of the one part and George Freeman of the other part was acknowledged in court and ordered to be recorded.Teste, Charles Carter C.L.C. 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Title A name given to the resource Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/02/1816 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter Benjamin Estill Manumitted Gull Text of Freedom Document I Benjamin Estill of the Town of Arlington County of Washington and State of Virginia for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving (to wit) for and in consideration of the long faithful services, the honesty and good character and the extraordinary merit of my negro man named Gull and duty of restoring to the natural rights of man him who has faithfully served for a great number of years my father and myself and shewn by his uniform good charter and conduct his capacity to enjoy his freedom without abusing it do by these presents emancipate and set free forever my said negro man Gull intending hereby to restore him to all the rights privileges and immunities which the law of his county permit to be enjoyed by free persons of color. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal Jonesville in the County of Lee where the said Gull now resides this third day of April in the year of our Lord 1816.Benjamin Estill (seal) Document Type Deed Record Location DB 3:285 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/04/1817 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter Elizabeth Noe Manumitted Phill Text of Freedom Document Whereas my deceased husband John Noe, by his last will and testament, made the 2ndday of December 1813, bequeathed to me during my natural life her negro man Phill to my sole use and behoof for the term aforesaid, and requested that after my decease the said slave Phill should be emancipated or freed, or be at liberty to do for himselfso far as he could be permitted under the laws of Virginia regulating the emancipation of slaves: and whereas, from a consideration of the long and faithful services of the said slave Phill, both to my deceased husband and to myself, I am disposed and desirous to further and promote the benevolent interests of my said deceased husband regarding the said salve. Be it further known, that I Elizabeth Noe of Lee County & State of Virginia do by these presents from and after the first day of April next and for the consideration aforesaid moving me, emancipate and set free the said negro slave Phill, in pursuance to the wishes of my said deceased husband, and do hereby declare the said Phill to be a free man of color from and after the said first day of April next, and to enjoy and possess all the privileges of a free man of color so far as he will be entitled under the laws of the Commonwealth. Upon this condition however, that the said Phill will remain with William Black until the said first day of April next, and be an obedient and faithful servant to the said Black until that time, to renumerate him for the expenses attending this deed of emancipation and to pay the said Black for certain sums of money which he has heretofore advanced for my use. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4thday of October 1817.Signed, sealed and acknowledgedElizabeth Noe (seal)in presence of Charles CarterJohn D. Sharp Document Type Deed Record Location DB 3:320 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record See the will of John Noe, 1813, Misc. Wills 1:53 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/03/1824 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter William Neill Manumitted Frederick Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I William Neill of Lee County & State of Virginia being weak in body but of sound mind & disposing memory (for which I thank God) & calling to mind the uncertainty of human life & being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with. I therefore give bequeath & dispose of the same in the following manner, that is to say. First, I desire & direct that my Executors hereafter appointed so soon as practicable after my decease proceed to settle all my debts & funeral expenses out of my estate. 2ndly. I desire that my negro man Frederick within five years after my decease be liberated and set free for his careful industry and diligent servitude rendered to me in my life time, and I also desire that he may have the care of his own family during the above mentioned term of five years together with a work horse & farming utensils sufficient to cultivate a farm, a cow & calf & a sow & pigs to enable him to raise his children out of my estate. 3rdly I desire that my youngest daughter Eudocia have two good feather beds & furniture & besides that an equal part of my estate with the rest of my children. And best remember that I have given my son Jeremiah H. Neill six hundred dollars & took his receipt for the same & exonerate me from giving him anything more in future. 4thly I desire that my tract of land containing two hundred acres adjoining William Ewing be reserved for Frederick my negro man for five years & that he have the use of the same for that length of time to assist in raising his family & for the support of my infant daughter Eudocia. 5thly I desire & direct that all my estate both real & personal be equally divided amongst my children except Jeremiah H. Neill to whom I have given his full share. 6thly I do hereby cancel, revoke & disannul all and every will & testament by me heretofore made written or subscribed, and I do hereby make ordain & declare this to be my last will & testament. 7thly & lastly, I do hereby constitute & appoint my beloved son & son in law Stephen T. Neill & John D. Sharp my sole executors to this my last will & testament, and do earnestly request that they take upon themselves the execution thereof conforming themselves to the true spirit & meaning thereof producing peace & harmony among all those interested. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal this 3rd day of May 1824. Signed, sealed & acknowledged Wm. Neill (seal) in presence of Elkanah Wynne John Carne Alexander W. Mills I William Neill of the County of Lee do make and ordain this as a codicil to my last will and testament this day made by me, and executed in the presence of Alexander W. Mills, Elkanah Wynne and John Carne, subscribing witnesses thereto, to wit, there may be some instances where I have sold lands in this county, the conveyances for which are not yet made. Now I do hereby authorize my executors named in said will, in all such case, to make proper conveyances for the said lands to the person or persons entitled to the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal to this codicil to the said will, this 3rd day of May in the year of Christ 1824. Signed, sealed and acknowledged William Neill (seal) in the presence of the undersigned witnesses called on by the testators who subscribed the same in his presence of John Fulkerson Elkanah Wynne John Carnes William Neill Will Recorded Page 101 2 of 3 Exd 1-101 Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location Misc. Wills 1:101 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record Frederick to be allowed to care for his family in the time prior to his manumission, also provided farming tools and livestock "sufficient to cultivate a farm" and "enable him to raise his children out of my estate" 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/30/1841 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter Evans Perry Manumitted Levi Text of Freedom Document Be it known to all to whom it may concern that I Evans Perry of Grundy County in the State of Virginia have this day emancipated & set free, and by these presents do emancipate and set free, in consideration of his faithful services to me and of his good,moral, general conduct and uniform obedience to my commands, my negro slave named Levi resident in the said county of Lee aged about 40 years. And I do by these presents declare that the said negro slave Levi is from this time hence forward forever a freeman of color and entitled to all the rights and immunities of a free man of color, so far as the laws of Virginia entitle him to such rights and immunities. Inwitness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 30thday of Octoberin the year of Christ 1841.TesteEvans Perry (seal)John D. SharpLee County Clerk’s Office the 30thday of October 1841. This deed of emancipation from Evans Perry to negro Levi, was acknowledged before me and admitted to record.J.W.S. Morrison C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 9:10 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 12/21/1846 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter James Duff Manumitted Charlotte, Robert Bruce Document Type Deed Record Location DB 10:261 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 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 1846 - Duff to Charlotte & Robert - Lee Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/8173ffd9cfa021eba12d912626c32018.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=ohGCV%7E5ALi6njnliMdzZTo4P0qhaJn4D5e3dmlzcaSE6hlxB059Qs9Cvop5NlnVgqwp809bRgH6goknrV4H6LkUI53UQECLkE-jkmvOw3j4Oof51DGugOdn1EGEWn8xxDzSGJrgSA1SOEwEFNSvH0DGmY58TKD71zLsT33Lt-1SUpSKd%7EeN7uQy-Sneix7hna2uJiLuguA1r18UmHqGZT9bKWA-2lc0V5OmUGiedldW2X1y09ius7-H4fV7N%7EOgfpDnexqbNRniU%7EVPdMJNcxcMChcbMt072I45cIz0hJYh0uMtzZsmUbLMdKst596QV4iCHEA7UK0Y4DV6J%7E6WjXQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 7e980e9bc5a946d76053621bc9b394c9 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/15/1848 Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Manumitter Benjamin Dickinson Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Dickinson of the County of Lee and State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and set free and by these presents do manumit, emancipate and set free my negro man slave named Henry, and do hereby declare him the said Henry to be entirely liberated from slavery, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person, with which it is in my power to vest him. He the said Henry, hereby emancipated, manumitted and set free, is a man about six feet highin statue, of bright complexion and about thirty five years old. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 21stday of February 1848.Benj’n Dickinson (seal)Lee County Clerk’s office the 18thday of April 1848. This deed of emancipation from Benjamin Dickinson to Henry was acknowledged before me and admitted to record.S.W.S. Morrison C.C.Virginia,At a court begin and held for Lee County at the courthouse thereof on the 15thday of May 1848. This deed of emancipation from Benjamin Dickinson to Henry acknowledged before the clerk.Teste, S.W.S. Morrison C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 11:55 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 1848 - Dickenson to Henry - Lee Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/e8fa3b054ec57a050c65b9e61ae9b87d.jpg?Expires=1773878400&Signature=gsXl3MYzFFn9cje9jFFVvXS8jLMkBO47F6McPckvxQOCGGcFgsCNhj9t86MTas81ipWsPT5BlBPxLdsT3n0TUempi8JoO3MKB-sFXS%7Et47o9ZJvbT9zJlFi4T9yygtDjlNhAR7zIe2Q5qFqU6H6zVxLCCpgIszAnIgo5KA22wlC02cqSt7sAMk6qwNW9R1935HKXdnl%7EFoPOVsXlikAAeVMqJWhjwYYmBpn%7EKihzotJs5z7FaZk-F42DmbjXRpxvncGhzXKUUoEx5GUDMfeb7jrnrJd9uyXT-rrZ42AFKQqXV6IkFxX3MIaoOLA9qMWm2MCfbaaYVzR4ZFK020ey%7EQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ccbf8e8f308f1913bd408a004401a823 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 Lee County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Location The location of the interview Lee County Virginia Date Court Date 09/08/1820 Manumitter John Skidmore Manumitted Swan, Sally Hamilton Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 2 Text of Freedom Document Whereas I John Skidmore being the owner of a negro man slave name Swan aged about fifty seven years or thereabouts & also of the said Swan’s wife named Sally Hamilton aged forty years or there abouts and being now for acts of extraordinary merit of the said Swan, willing & desirous that the said Slaves Swan & Sally should from henceforth enjoy freedom as far-fourth as the Laws of Virginia will allow, do by these presents give and grant to the said Swan & Sally their freedom as aforesaid & to the future increase of the said Sally freedom also if any she may have, And hereby quit all manner of claim interest & title in & to the said Slaves Swan & Sally & the future increase of the said Sally forever in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 8th day of September in the year of our Lord 1820. John Skidmore {Seal} Witness, John S. McFarland Clairborne Anderson Record Location DB 4:1 Document Type Deed Notes Notes regarding the record Swan was rewarded with his freedom (along with his wife) after apparently fending off an Indian attack 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 1820 - Skidmore to Swan & Sally - Lee Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1820