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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/19/1786 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter William Gray Manumitted Old Ben, Will Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen I William Gray of the County of Essex Being in perfect Sence and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament Revoking all other wills heretofore made in manner and form following first all my Just debts to be paid out of my Estate then what worldly goods it has been please god to bless me with. I give and bequeath as follows Item, I lend my loving wife Ann the Land and plantation whereon I now live also the following Negroes during her Life Viz, Ben, Violet, Rachel, Seney, Davey, Cloe, Little Davey, Rhoda, and young Violet. Reserving to old Ben, after he is Fifty years old his Freedom and it is my will that then the said Negro Ben shall be free from her my said wife and Every other person whatever. Item, I lend my Loving wife Ann all my Stock of Horses, except my Gray Mare, all my Cattle and hogs, also all my houshold Furniture During her Life, and at her death the Negroes and their increase (Except young Davey and young Violet) to Equally be divided amongst my Seven Children hereafter Named, to them and their heirs forever, William, John, Andrew, Philip, Rosanner, Elizabeth and Martha Gray But if Either of them Shall die before they Come of Age or marries then the Survivers to divide the Negros and their increase and all the Personal Estate that I lent my wife, Except the Two Negroes above Excessed, Item I give unto my Son William Gray my Negroes Caleb, Beck, and young Davey, and their increase for Ever. Which Negros is to continue in the hands of my Executers till he my said Son William Shall Discharge a bond due to Thomas Faver in which I am his Security. Item I give unto my Son John Gray my Negros, Tom, Moll, and Dido, and their Increase for Ever. Will Book 14, page 29 Item I give unto my Daughter Rosanner Gray my Negros, Cook Hagar and Moses, and their increase forever. Item I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Gray my Negros Essex, Esther, Edney and young Cloe and their Increase for Ever. Also my Gray Mare and her Increase for ever Item I give unto my Son Andrew Gray my Negros, Manzor, Milley and young Vilot and their Increase for Ever. Item I give unto my Daughter Martha Gray my Negros Ralph, Sarah and young Ben and their increase for Ever. Item I give unto my Son Philip Gray after the death of his mother the Land and plantation lent During her Life to him my said Son Philip Gray and his heirs for Ever. Also I give unto my son Philip Gray my Negros, Culpeper, Judith, Fredrick and Edmund and their increase for Ever. my will and desire is that my Negro Man Will be set free immediately after my death, But if any of my above named Children Shall die before they come of age or is married then their parts to be Equally Divided amongst the Survivers. Lastly I appoint my loving wife Ann Gray my Sons John & Andrew Grya, and my friend Thomas Faver my Executrix and Executors of this my Last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my Seal the 11th day of February 1786. Wm Gray Ser {Seal} Signed & Sealed in Presence of Mark Andrews Richard Faver his James X Davis Mark At a Court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 19th day of June 1786 This last Will and Testament of William Gray Senr deceased was offered to proof by John Gray an Executor therein named who made oath thereto according to Law and the same being also proved by Mark Andrews and Richard Faver two of the witnesses thereto is ordered to be recorded. Test. Hancock Lee Clk Document Type Will Record Location WB 14:28 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 1786 - Gray to Will, et al - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1786 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/14dbd19d0ae7d23bc25180f00f993dcb.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=Lv1Iz0StShjU0Ji5JMhVUOUr0-l0YIBpcDIxEktBsL%7E3gCxe%7EadFn1djTXAtk2lJQjqekN2Vg5M4flG7EfVy5zk9Oz7aFMVMD1J3zZRMSl5mOxyRObHA3qaPucMsrck1np7Vzpq%7EAj-Bp3JF4mybwgOsqt%7EfXFQJOL-0N9XGStlv%7E3RMFo1i8K8J6M2%7E0HoAP8gy5oMVUrXkum5zyyAYbnvPmt5F1Rz%7EyfgR0L1YsNW0QWmI00g8yCBD1y7VSRRXDr3lDqdgnhBvHV%7EqPVoq5fZ0B4YD8JYnJmeQ0jeCadcxo%7EWP-oiT3j31oBUyfO97AJgGkD1CICsdo-DypfLdoA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM db819b036da632bdfe4bb30b17ea6c5b 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/15/1789 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Paul Micou Manumitted Prince Text of Freedom Document I Paul Micou of the County of Essex and State of Virginia who is the lawfull heir of the late James Micou decd of the County Caroline do hereby certify and declare to the known world that the bearer Prince formerly a Slave to James Ritchie and Coy. of Glasgow in Great Britain is by these presents emancipated and freed to all intents & purposes from me and those who may hereafter claim by from or under me, Witness my hand and Seal this 16th day of April 1789. Paul Micou {seal} Signed Sealed and Acknowledged before us Paul Micou Junr Jas R Micou William Waring Junr Obadiah Boulware At a court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 15th day of June 1789. This Certificate of Paul Micou Senr purporting that Prince, a Negro Man, is emancipated by him was proved by William Waring Junr and Obadiah Boulware, two of the witnesses thereto which is ordered to be recorded. Test Hancock Lee Clk Truly recorded Test John P Lee D Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 33:198 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 1789 - Micou to Prince - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1789 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/a498fd4019a1c95237cd5c93c08d0021.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=PcsLz8bYIc4yFK6B1s7x4HcvVkbXzrg13oT6yuXXxNgsezuk8qifoS8-yLKd1dsqW0xQXCKoRta3qpROS2cN%7EL-Dqj%7Eqzy6TA-VP8rbyJoLuCSOu6uDcMcimRvhAmd97XTJt12NUfEW%7EzYBC%7Ed2CgX1RXyTqQtN1Md6dBYH6fQrkpGzYlo0AdRa874fqEDxKqMAe-iSHWbVzmtd%7EuE%7ENYeExKgv14WYB3DbgXHO%7EjK3RyOmbkPAUU3jR88gTzMMSzPdt%7EDlBMu7VSo8AKAROgF7K-4Gyo6FmrqCQzVzRtnNizHyOsYu28fFJschFu-w7n1wp1ZvPSL892hr4lc4wbA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ff85fa0dde0ae21190f894528ecdaa8a 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/16/1792 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Newman Brockenbrough Manumitted Lewis, Beck Text of Freedom Document Know all men to whom these presents shall come that I Newman Brockenbrough of the Parish of Southfarnam and County of Essex Merchant for divers good causes and considerations me thereto moving but more especially for the fidelity and honest zeal manifested in the conduct and behaviour of my negro slaves Lewis and Beck his wife unto me I the said Newman Brockenbrough have manumitted and from all further service to me my heirs exors admors and assigns forever discharged the said Lewis and his wife Beck and by these presents do for me my Heirs exors and admors clearly & absolutely manumit discharge & set free the said Lewis and Beck. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of July Anno Domini seventeen hundred and ninety two. Newman Brockenbrough {Seal} Signed sealed and delivered in presence of James Webb At a Court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 16th Day of July 1792. This Instrument of Writing and acknowledged by the said Newman Brockenbrough to his proper act and deed, and ordered to be recorded. Test Jno. P. Lee Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 33:392 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 1792 - Brockenbrough to Lewis, et al - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1792 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/f4a50726cbf96e6378b341f26329d3d9.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=WWAY34bYQNmjfn6dGqwemzvMImeOwVpfd0wNZw6kh9fjWrT7wfyYWFV0gBGGPmyXvz7YTaILyoNGYArRUKOnbaa15tda%7EqU0ZjBj3%7EbCrDSSsbrLmFPT16QerNGerhkjbJil%7EScfm8JPvWHSW3TSkSYmvTbSZkNLo40VPF9OQwPinSnOroeb9TPjoTk0pgzGkSklckEuWTim44672xJfL3Jrzl%7ER8vwg7kuvoSPIcoY0hQn8ErRZUlSowVovGn9G8TDrDdR4p%7ESHcVlGzV-TILgC5mV6X1yjtb3O52tDxKuXOaKsa2pgqdG4lwy0Q5kBD-ly2nER85i1IEykGw4PXQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d5c670c67f43223dcffa2f2832e023c5 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/16/1792 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Elizabeth Jones Manumitted George Dunkin Text of Freedom Document To all whom these presents shall come Know ye that I Elizabeth Jones of the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Virginia being possessed of a Negro man slave named George Dunkin And whereas by an act of the general Assembly entitled “An Act to authorize the Manumission of slaves” passed at the May Session in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two it is enacted “that it shall hereafter be Lawful for any person by his or her last will and Testament or by any other Instrument in Writing under his or her hand and seal attested and proved in the County Court by two Witnesses or acknowledged by the party in the Court of the County where he or she resides to emancipate and set free his or her slaves or any of them, who shall thereupon be entirely and fully discharged from the performance of any contract entered into during servitude and enjoy as full Freedom as if they had been particularly named and freed by the before recited Act. I the said Elizabeth Jones for and in consideration of the sum of Seventy five pounds Current money of Virginia to me in hand paid by the said Slave George before the signing & Sealing hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. Doth for myself my heirs Executors and administrators by these presents and by virtue of the before recited act of the General Assembly Emancipate and set free the aforesaid slave George Dunkin forever and do declare the said Slave free and discharged from his servitude and that he may acquire Property possess and enjoy it, and his Freedom and Liberty in as full and Ample manner as the Citizens of this Commonwealth In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my seal the Twenty eight Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two. Elizabeth Jones {Seal} Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John Montague John Montague Jr. At a Court held for the County of Essex at Tappa. on the 16th Day of April 1792. This Instrument of Writing for the emancipation of George Dunkin a negroe man slave was proved by the oaths of John Montague and John Montague Junr. and ordered to be recorded. Test Jno. P. Lee Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 33:373 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record Cites 1782 law Self Purchase Amount £75 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 1792 - Jones to George Dunkin - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1792 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/828cf0075af6b7ec02d1b69fd50b313e.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=W1MiwyGgzEXu44vPocwbLDP171mm6l1f6MS5m35z%7E0IP53IqixJoYxCp7ngcqSibr8D2PFLq6rpe1414J-hJCxcqwLN4yfQ3CbnM3ymsDi5BWogxUNMctbNBcDQs6P6joPdW2WegVeIg3JYGtib6pCyqs6B7nPX5t9Ibn%7E%7EZAtMVPzFAtFeanF%7E5FBd1LDS7LP71FcQ-HdqQgkzHJg%7EdpOV2D3MnWZjJSqK%7EFyr3l%7Ee1sZlV%7EpBw5EVVkXGiheyMttrfyZ8mSZy6nLpKozlKFMNhe0iU-drXzanrmnjlzq-rp8KWjNUoJKtV7vDtWVSl9MKLQuhWZzQpcUw5dMBfeA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ed855ae92b3cac8422c585cb1f832fe6 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/21/1793 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Hannah Davis Manumitted Lilly Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Hannah Davis of the County of Essex and Parish of Saint Anns, being sick & weak in body, but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, and calling to mind the frailty of this mortal life, do make & ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner as followeth making void all other wills formerly by me made. Item I desire my negro girl Lilly may be bound to Clary Davis until she arrives to the age of eighteen years, at that age it is my desire that the said Lilly should go a free woman from the said Clary Davis and ever after be free from slavery and enjoy her freedom and liberty; all the rest of my estate I desire should be sold by my Exrs and after paying my just debts & funeral expenses, I give the whole of my estate then left to the said Lilly, provided she obtains her freedom, but if she should not obtain her freedom by this my will, then I give her the said Lilly with all my other estate unto the said Clary Davis and her heirs forever. Lastly, I do constitute and appoint William Webb Sen’r & said Clary Davis Exos to this my last will and testament to see that the same be executed according to the true intent and meaning hereof as witness my hand and seal this 30th day of Oct’r 1792. Signed and acknowledged Hannah Davis (seal) in presence of us John Gordon Ben Hail Munday At a court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 21st day of Jan’y 1793, this last will and testament of Hannah Davis was presented into court by William Webb one of the executors therein named, proved by John Gordon & Ben Hail Munday, the subscribing witnesses thereto and also by the oath of the said executor and ordered to be recorded. Whereupon a certificate was granted to the said William Webb in order to his obtaining probate of the said testament in due form, he having given bond according to law. Teste, Jno. P. Lee Clk Document Type Will Record Location WB 15:15 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 1793 - Davis to Lilly - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1793 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/44273fbcb8e3f880927f9fc4d4fe9cfc.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=O8CkZFebUUQmT3XrhKT1J4nGagP-yjHwWI1zQIlYbAc8ubLAaBSs9e3PSzvnyyvX3zUtl0zrnWdfv5rdXoFSqzE2JJ-G8VFOqafy9ERn2wFhaWeEz2A1TNDvZpBMChYOJRnP5y4q8hDPj0gTu5epaGgnIPjZBwwSQBYL53pbqGLRiUibqOoAfsrX5-N2L%7Elnif-BDbhqrLduLQgDduR66rBABsu5c2bGRR4JQoq8uyyN%7EV5TmnWngKUsEW3g0Xp4HtCBhbrY0uLNw3L6xhoUdrdA6Q3aDYwKkhEjII-CQ71Tk0pcRFpzvsaGxozHL80ezju1vacHMqtSE9A4I81zHA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 54fb703d9e548a8d24df3509d87525a4 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/eed0d619e5f70719d6943900d12dea4f.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=Qi0EonDR-bng%7EUo3uA3R3Le8Soee3hvyhyXd8N0L9PwbPh9iRBgdo27ozoU2P4N3NF286U7JyiyBaESoSGmbC%7E28ehxXqXoTyXPwellpIbzTWamLQE1xtEgLY-lFZoWWhe1U1BIvkAeoENqoEzcvIizBh6KWcIIPhdv6G0MKoy6JTgZm07Woow17zVF9Fg%7Eo4U%7E12Yba8FcybdMZy90k2VfxMnhJYW9fkTaMa1cmRg9C96tgKyfH0kwOc7V%7EGBlNINrLvdNSqCR2R0fwTCh78yBdZCXPWfjHe2xuejILf4ceQszrci3X5jLAfz009zhvwQz8fJ0XKw7XStSxBYCzdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f8ec5bf929d0a492e4a2683a9bbe88fb 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/21/1793 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Muscoe Livingston Manumitted William Orange Text of Freedom Document This indenture made this eleventh day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and ninety three by Muscoe Livingston of the County of Essex in the State of Virginia. Witnesseth that the said Muscoe Livingstone for diverse good causes and considerations him thereunto moving hath liberated set free and emancipated and by these presents doth liberate set free and emancipate William Orange a mulatto child slave now the property of the said Muscoe Livingston and according to the act of assembly in such case made and provided doth execute seal and deliver this indenture in the presence of Francis Brooke Paul Micon Jr. M. Livingston (seal) Wm Waring Ro. Baylor Wm. Gibson Thom’s Pitts Junior At a court held for Essex County at Tapp. on the 21st day of Jan’y 1793 this deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Francis Brooke, Ro. Baylor, and Tho’s Pitts, three of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jno. P. Lee Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 33:418 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 1793 - Livingston to William Orange - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1793 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/f618da0478521bc94abd9a239b145da2.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=ug1BWlnh2IdrMn%7EFvMpv777a4wvbtFwo%7EfcvMJXvFWxki0-Z-FUnk5naIPJ0j1bIAK4Wkt3r7sUiXJjhvYedp5cWhwFVWol9H-sm%7EZG6BD2GlX13c%7Ei2nVPyZ1N6hap7BcqLtjPAHbTbOn2fDFzBX4sK5Dui0sHVKOFA%7EwdQbcqUVKd-N5o1U-d9MFnQQHFOMevz7fHmvZpd6iTtG1Pi-waVtSk6zGfBuWvSWd529C9eV74WH4aS71TDS6ZuNSrW6icIjvckn21ZqfjHU6sNGw0XW68A3ThQHgajogkRkhBVRTWHqzyVAWOF490XweBk3onAip0wzDvn8iUXWUbR5A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f8ec5bf929d0a492e4a2683a9bbe88fb 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 01/21/1793 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Prince Taylor Manumitted Nelly Text of Freedom Document To all whom this way concerns, know ye that I Prince Taylor have bought a negro woman by name Nelly who was the property of [?Mr. Griffing Boughand?] and sold by Mr. James Sale a deputy sheriff of the county of Essex at public auction to satisfy certain claims against the said Boughand, and whereas the said Nelly, being my wife, I am disposed to put her on the same footing as myself as to freedom. Now these presents witnesseth that I the said Prince Taylor for and in consideration of my above mentioned disposition towards the said Nelly my wife do forever set free and manumit her in order that she may enjoy the same privileges as myself and other free citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and I do further by these presents warrant and defend my species of claim or claims that may be set up against the said Nelly my wife by me, my heirs, Executors, Administrators or assigus as my property. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of January 1793. Prince Taylor (seal) At a court held for Essex County at Tapp. on the 21st day of Jan’y 1793, this deed of emancipation was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jno. P. Lee Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 33:419 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record Freeing his wife 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 1793 - Taylor to Nelly - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1793 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/98edec0aecf9a1ab8316efbacac6ccd0.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=F1NVw1mF%7ESHRHDj2yk00vxhxkrz-GSTjAGMTRe%7Ed5yYc5k-xn4CXNRt2pXYzGB4moeYb2IpR-%7EKrj6q39ol0ry4aZgXrG6h4DoavJ2YwTYF4y3wls-THd50unQqLdp3Du6wU8Gp7yPpVgcijWM5ktU9cUGy%7EUQhNxc20SoAJw8N9GaDGpn28DuD4eypoi7JyjI13n0NALD2Oh%7Ea2cCXadXiS3Y0z%7Euz%7EYiaDsnJDXAb1nJtew1x4JVBSrZ8mNvby7kurC5uJ6XjfM3nl31sn-7Zpb0xrP9C2iiAxS7bdaxJ6UTZAptsqO6MQOJmwfPfg7WtFWlUs5pQ0Eb-Qvjeuvg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5f335be3a3931e3ee2f8ebd67783cee7 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/17/1796 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter John Sale Jr. Manumitted Jack Text of Freedom Document To all person whom it may concern. These are to certify that I John Sale Junior of the County of Caroline and State of Virginia have emancipated and set free, and by these presents do clearly and absolutely emancipate and set free a certain negro man by the name of Jack who descended to me by the last will and testament of my father Robert Sale dec’d and do warrant the liberty and freedom of him the said negro man Jack from the right, title, interest and claim of my self, my heirs, executors and admors, and from all and every other person or persons whatsoever agreeable to an Act of the General Assembly in such case made and provided. Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of Aug. 1796. Witness John Sale (seal) J. Sale W. J. Sale R. Hill At a court held for Essex County at Tapp. on the 17th day of October 1796. This deed of emancipation from John Sale to Jack a negro man was proved by James Sale and Ro. Hill two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, John P. Lee Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 34:339 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 1796 - Sale to Jack - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1796 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/c16840db6928854c0738a3844f3f30f2.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=ZcYTXSLlaLGnxsgPKCh3Z0G9%7ESblxgHVnz2sVLjhjwBXf5vk6nxEmhZ9hVFa8weXAbLwJeEbI%7EfzgwykqzoLDprgesixwCwp0wndyu1pKzPC7FThmnvU2BKR0cZ5faL%7ExGfgmGIsz-g3DlmeFdPuqbM%7EEGw-ofmXQqCFItLzMg%7EaUHNvg2U6Ae07YIgLEE2FWcYAuiRE5cmF9nY4asmiSxh1SJXJxsWzYOjbNSCurNfwKawaINLJXyafKLJTwJxp2SMsKtmY9DY59J4reiw3kxRMrl2VtOO3XBOQPbKwmUG9qWPgSaGCB3AbUYOx-p89jcjb3ZpLslswhedtQw2saQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 86bc809bfcc3462ec212a68d02a7d1f4 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 09/17/1798 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Mark Andrews Manumitted James Baylor Text of Freedom Document To all to whom these presents shall come, I Mark Andrews of the County of Essex, have this day given unto my negro man by name James Baylow which I bought of William F. Gatewood his freedom, and desire he may hereafter pass as a free man during life. Given under my hand and seal this seventeenth day of Sept. one thousand seven hundred & ninety eight. Mark Andrews (seal) Tapp. Essex Intervening Court held 17th Sept. 1798 This deed of emancipation from Mark Andrews to James Baylow was acknowledged by said Andrews to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jno. P. Lee CWC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 35:20 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 1798 - Andrews to James Baylor - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1798 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/da0a96a53062a13f6761f9cdc288eab8.jpg?Expires=1782345600&Signature=o68FZeeAznc69TjizAYMRnCUuim55s8-BvUefm9aCrCUHt7oIL1fFgY9lPC3nGk3iKqlS8ZKrH7DIJUdNKNBf3t8Cu1%7EUEmkxJQhjpfO7reK-aLyRpmc5N4Tb6Uwb7Q4-v6Z4kpZ9cpLL7TgUI2cKHdpE9OuNBsF%7EUZCEacSfT%7EsVReRcNH8mNshVNuM1raSd1ujZQsrtr%7EqkToQFnQ0pqS6tclzr1Lg6AJJodiVKoZor2XkBy9mKhKtg-BQD4Q-aPAee1ZAq0ku73xtJ62a5cAptfAQzUGALD-utxXgstwOPnx15ksmzV7NwdM1fWvyxl---MUnWZxxzMkuTFC2yQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f5ec0d395c4edb6eb57eb6452c0021dc 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 Essex County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/15/1799 Location The location of the interview Essex County Virginia Manumitter Lydia Brooke Manumitted Jenny, Peggy, General Pettett, Isaac Text of Freedom Document  This indenture made the 15th day of July in the year of our Lord 1799 by Lydia B. Brooke of the County of Essex in the State of Virginia witnesseth that the said Lydia B. Brooke for divers good causes and considerations her thereunto moving hath liberated, set free, and emancipated, and by these presents doth liberate, set free, and emancipate the following negro slaves Jenny, Peggy, General Pettett, and Isaac, now the property of the said Lydia B. Brooke and according to the Act of Assembly, in such case made and provided doth execute, seal & deliver this indenture in the presence of Test Lydia B. Brooke (seal) Wm. Waring Rob’t G. Robb At a court held for Essex County at Tapp. on the 15th day of July 1799. This indenture from Lydia B. Brooke for freeing and emancipating the following negro slaves to wit Jenney, Peggy, General Pettit, and Isaac, was proved by the oaths of William Waring and Robert G. Robb the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste, Jno. P. Lee CWC Document Type Deed Record Location DB 35:126 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 4 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 1799 - Brooke to Jenny, et al - Essex Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1799