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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 12/28/1807 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt Manumitted Joan, Charlotte, Beckey, Robin Text of Freedom Document I Geo Daniel Spratt of the town of Urbanna, being of sound & disposing mind, do make and constitute this my last will and testament. Imprimis. I give to my aunt Mrs. Frances Daniel all my lands, houses, slaves, stocks, and furniture during her natural life; and after her death I devise the same as follows to wit: the estate called Lansdown and that called the Reeds in the county of Middlesex, and all the slaves, stocks, furniture, and appurtenances thereto belonging or therewith at this time held and enjoyed, I give and bequeath to my friends General John Minor and John Chew esquire in trust for my relation Robert Beverley Fife near Edinburg in Scotland and to his heirs forever, the profits of said estate to be annually applied to his support & education until he shall attain the age of twenty one years, and then applied to his use until he shall require a deed in fee simple to himself or any other person and then it is my will that my said trustees shall convey the same as required by him. My estate called Bellview in the County of Gloucester with one half of the slaves, stocks and plantation utensils, I devise to John Minor and John Chew in trust for my relation James Fife near Edinburg in Scotland and to his heirs forever the profits to be applied to his maintenance and education until he shall attain the age of twenty one years, and then to his use until he shall require a conveyance in fee simple to himself or to some other person, which conveyance it is my will my trustees shall make. I devise my estate called Whitings with one half of the slaves, stocks, and plantation utensils on the Bellview estate in trust as aforesaid for the use of my relation William Fife in Scotland near Edinburg and to his heirs forever the annual profits to be applied to his support and education until he shall attain the age of twenty one years, and then to his use until he shall require a conveyance in fee simple to himself or to some other person, and then it is my wish that my trustees do make such conveyance. It is my will that my just debts be paid and that the debts due to me be first applied to this purpose, and any surplus which many remain after discharging the debts I owe, I bequeath as follows. One third to my aunt Mrs. Catharine Fife near Edinburg, one other third to Jane and Catharine Fife, daughters of my said aunt, and the other third to Margarett Spratt daughter of Margarett Law of Fifeshire in Scotland, but if she be dead, that third to be divided between my said Aunt Catharine Fife and her said two daughters. I give to Charles Minor son of General John Minor all the money I am entitled to under the will of Overton Cosby esquire. I give to Charles Minor my negro boy named Ralph. I bequeath to my friends John Chew and John Minor the following slaves to wit: Joan, Charlotte, Beckey and her children, and Robin. In trust that they shall be allowed all the liberty which the laws of the country will admit of, and that my said trustees shall, whenever required by either of the said slave, give them a deed of emancipation. I bequeath to my friend Doctor James Dabney of Gloucester all my books, medicines and shop furniture, and all the estate not before devised, including my gig and saddle horses. I constitute and appoint my friends John Minor and John Chew executors of this my will hereby revoking all other wills. Signed, sealed and published Geo. D. Spratt in presence of Sam’l Wil. Sayne David C. Kerr Geo. French Codicil to the above will. All my money in hand to be applied to the payment of my debts. Witness Geo. D. Spratt Sam’l Wil Sayne Geo. French At a court held for the county of Middlesex at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 28th day of December 1807. This last will and testament of George Daniel Spratt deceased was proved by the oaths of David C. Kerr and Samuel Wil. Sayne two of the witnesses thereto, and the codicil proved by Sam. Wil. Sayne one of the witnesses, and ordered to be recorded, and was truly recorded. Teste, Th. Muse C.M.C. 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Title A name given to the resource Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Jacob Murray Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D. Spratt, we the subscribers, executors, and trustees under the said will do hereby emancipate, manumit and forever liberate Jacob, alias Jacob Murray, a young negro man of a light color he being one of the children of Beckey named in said will of Doct. George D. Spratt, and we do hereby declare the said Jacob forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals this 19th day of July Anno Domini 1808. Teste John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley Jn. Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation was in open court proved to be the act and deed of the executors and trustees aforesaid by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas M. Locke, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Th Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:345 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 1808 - Spratt to Jacob Murray - Middlesex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1808 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/fb0e2fb7a530846e9a9071bb69f6de2d.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=koxW-ePw1IOS652-P0-RtTQ39cujNz6yIIHwaqQpelaVT8tNMYcB88P%7Eu7cQwaqLk-pKay1rX7hZZKamL%7EHgtMc-tG8eajkFzptQpUmzl755MQBljOoiHWtEQX5MzIr6aM7b8WfImRPITaDSij5CDKSKDk6OjFQUJJwNrOSC%7ESqE%7EVCHXidyYj7CRZ4jjx7vwwDkECSpfldKfRK9NrfWbMtVPPk5BO1ING-WJdbMxZK-1Wo5ZlfM6PA1Qu0tirDSS%7E6XKYkbOttc0Wl%7Ety2W6NbtEgKAOEtxRTtnENMR70QF70hmlHIkXH10TzUJ%7Ezol-qLqJ%7E7klCzzqt8hGY7zHA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1acd3c54b2f91e00d074a37609488e88 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Charlotte Robinson Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the late Doctor George D. Spratt, we the subscribers, executors, and trustees under the said will, do hereby emancipate, manumit and forever liberate Charlotte otherwise alias Charlotte Robinson, a mulatto woman late a slave of the said Doctor George D. Spratt, and we do hereby forever declare the said Charlotte and her future increase forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 19th day of July 1808. Teste, John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley Jn. Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation was in open court proved to be the act and deed of the said executors and trustees by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley & Thomas M. Locke two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Th. Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:544 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record named in Will of George Spratt WB 2:237 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Beckey Murray Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D. Spratt, we the subscribers, executors and trustees under the said will do hereby emancipate and manumit Beckey otherwise called Beckey Murray, a woman of light color, and we do hereby declare the said Beckey forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Urbanna the 19th day of July Anno Domini 1808. Teste John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley Jn. Chew (seal) Tho. M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation was in open court proved by the act and deed of said executors and trustees by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas M. Locke two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Tho. Muse C.M.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:543 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record named in Will of George Spratt WB 2:237 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/19/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Maria Muse Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D Spratt, we the subscribers, executors and trustees under the said will, do hereby emancipate, manumit, and forever liberate Maria alias Maria Muse, a mulatto girl, she being one of the children of Beckey, named in the law will of Doct’r George D Spratt, and we do hereby declare the said Maria forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals at Urbanna the 19th day of July Anno Domini 1808. Teste John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley John Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D Nicolson At a court held for the County of Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 19th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation from John Minor and John Chew to Maria alias Maria Muse, was in open court proved to be the act and deed of the said exors and trustees by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas M Locke, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Th. Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:345 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Robin Reeves Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D Spratt, we the subscribers, executors and trustees under the said will do hereby emancipate, manumit and forever liberate Robin alias Robin Reeves, a negro man, late the slave of the said Doct’r George D Spratt, and we do hereby declare the said Robin forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 19th day of July Anno Domini 1808. Teste, John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley John Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation was in open court proved by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas M. Locke, two of the witnesses thereto, to be the act and deed of the said John Minor and Jno. Chew and by the court ordered to be recorded. Teste, Tho. Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:543 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Phobe Morris Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D Spratt, we the executors and trustees under the said will do hereby emancipate, manumit & forever liberate Phobe, alias Phobe Morris, a young mulatto woman, she being one of the children of Beckey named in the said will of Doct’r George D. Spratt, and we do hereby declare the said Phobe forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals this 19th day of July Anno Domini 1808. Teste John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley John Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation from John Minor and John Chew to Phobe alias Phobe Morris was in open court proved to be the act and deed of the said executors and trustees by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley & Thomas M. Locke two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Th. Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:345 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/25/1808 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter George Spratt exors Manumitted Reeves Murray Text of Freedom Document By virtue of power vested in us by the will of the late Doctor George D Spratt, we the subscribers, executors and trustees under the said will do hereby emancipate, manumit and forever liberate Reeves, alias Reeves Murray, a young negro man of a light color, he being one of the children of Beckey named in said will of Doctor George D Spratt, and we do hereby declare the said Reeves forever free and emancipated. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals at Urbanna this 19th day of July 1808. Teste John Minor (seal) Carter B. Berkeley John Chew (seal) Tho’s M. Locke George D. Nicolson At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in Urbanna on Monday the 25th day of July 1808. This deed of emancipation was in open court proved to be the act and deed of the executors and trustees therein named by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas Locke, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Th. Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:544 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 1808 - Spratt to Reeves Murray - Middlesex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1808 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/ad1e6bb490e29a3178e08a85d6d8f885.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=CCTEeumA8n7IrPZdiuQfiLy2RFdRId2uetCBj766O4gcAu68Nsfig9ZeNn3uj59CBMFFwyuZptOND66T39Wig5sDv4bltez8UxwA4Vw8-Ur16mluIvytN3hup6oFcFR5qmcHLSr4nYNDSNl8Ytwk-FezVietYt8OMGoMuY6fWyr%7EOnQCbaICfsZJvlar%7EGx5G5jzE1tYOD3a7yYe6e%7EXq%7E69KMynprzMKWBDe2iqSQPXfgBra0yscsCLejj9YOQt1pKeNTL2i6gVBKMC4zc9lEPc1G6NPwHNNeAzKWXO7hkDkJZ-35BiGOi1I4tzZE6a0t4VIc%7EX7ZKHp1lbdfpCdg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 533a1d6e2f8593b9f7ccb7cb933e72a6 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/27/1810 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter Benjamin West Manumitted Priscilla Text of Freedom Document Be it known to all whom these presents shall come that I Benjamin West a free negro having purchased a negro woman named Priscilla since my freedom (from James Baytop Jun’r). And I the said Benjamin West being desirous to liberate and emancipate the said negro woman Priscilla, do hereby liberate and emancipate the said negro woman Priscilla from the date hereof (on condition the said woman Priscilla is allowed to live with me as a wife during my life and not to be molested or disturbed by any person in authority under the Act of Assembly in that case made and provided). As witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of Jany. Eighteen hundred and ten. Teste, Benjamin West (seal) Geo. Healy James Standard At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in the Town of Urbanna on Tuesday the 27th day of February 1810. This certificate of emancipation from Benjamin West to Priscilla a negro woman was proved by the oath of Tho’s Healy Sen’r & George Healy two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Tho. Muse Clk Truly recorded Teste Thomas Muse CMC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 12:623 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 1810 - West to Priscilla - Middlesex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/1d0ec26339bcdfc5a0ab0b929c56b508.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=ULnjKyIQkzHbq9SmZOtbkRcfD-fMagr-Uc3qlBsnZsyA7yTHtkpo-TS0RyfhQ3c60YtX9fEsWStMgDzSJ7IXgHhfvnrFVPUzZBLXcJ8CH1Fgkjlorbi%7EviVZ7bLrFMjk4DaSpPfMxET9VUuVVyGhxb8IqTMTkx9MHTF6EThbT-VYamChZ2jcbW07DV6jOp7CXlG2s%7EsbM6Xlw-KcEixiojx6KPnfEXRBzUPvw71Kkv5SKVuqiE%7EpaTHOaj4aC5prMrzApA5yPAlJ8OUCd0GeLuHnfB2fxt42bGmfKwsZa-UOQtEtlJNMXJL5KLCkU%7Ey8Fc6Rxe5jkotHmsqO9KFbxA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f788872554645a1a40e4d8f3adeb0487 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 Middlesex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/23/1814 Location The location of the interview Middlesex County Virginia Manumitter John Quarles Manumitted Anderson Dangerfield Text of Freedom Document I John Quarles of the county of Middlesex being in perfect sense and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others heretofore made. Imprimis. It is my will and desire that all my just debts be honestly paid & that my body be buried in a plain but decent manner at the discretion of my executors. Item After my debts and legacies are satisfied, I give to my dear wife Elizabeth Stonard Quarles all my household & kitchen furniture, my books, provisions & liquors, stock of horses & cattle, sheep and hogs, carriages, plantation utensils, the crops that may be on hand, or growing, and all debts due to me to her my said wife and to her heirs forever in fee simple. Item It is my will & desire that my executors do emancipate my servant boy called Anderson Dangerfield soon as he arrives to the age of twenty one years, provided he can at that time be permitted to enjoy his liberty within this, or any other of the United States. For the faithful services of my old servant Bob, it is my desire that my executors treat him with lenity during his life. Item In case any of my slaves behave undutifully to their mistress or conduct themselves improperly, it is my will that my executors may if they think proper, dispose of such slave or slaves as shall thus misbehave, and vest the proceeds of the sale in bank stock the dividend upon which to be drawn by my wife during her life & at her decease the stock to vest in my brother Robert in lieu of the slaves so disposed of. Item All the rest and residue of my estate that I may die possessed of, or be entitled to, I lend to my wife Elizabeth S Quarles during her natural life (bother real and personal) and after her death, I devise the same to my brother Robert Quarles and his heirs forever. Item It is my will that no appraisement of my estate be made, but that my executors return to court an inventory of my slaves only. Lastly I constitute and appoint my wife Elizabeth and my brother Robert Quarles executrix and executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. Signed, sealed, published & declared John Quarles (seal) by the testator and & for his last will & testament in presence of John Chew Char’l Blakey Robert Blakey Codicil to this my last will and testament. I give and bequeath to Lucy and Mary Elizabeth Marshall, daughters of Mary Marshall, a negro woman Caty (the younger) and her child to them and their heirs forever. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 11th day of August 1813. Witness John Quarles (seal) A New Jr Nancy S Mickelborough At a court held for Middlesex County at the courthouse in the town of Urbanna on Monday the 23rd day of May 1814. This last will and testament of John Quarles deceased was this day produced in court by Robert Quarles and Elizabeth Quarles executor and executrix named in the said will & said will being proved by the oath of Robert Blakey and the handwriting of Churchhill Blakey one of the attesting witnesses being proved by the oaths of Robert Blakey the said will is ordered to be recorded. A codicil to said will was also proved by the oath of Anthony New Jr a witness thereto and ordered to be certified. And on the motion of the said executor and executrix they are permitted to qualify and thereupon entered into bond with security according to law, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate in due form. Teste, Geo. Healy Clk Truly recorded Teste, Geo. Healy CMC Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB 3:66 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 1814 - Quarles to Anderson Dangerfield - Middlesex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1814