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Title A name given to the resource Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 09/02/1856 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter Joseph Fanney Manumitted Rachel Carter, Thomas Carter Text of Freedom Document This deed made by Joseph Fanney of Prince William County in the State of Virginia witnesseth that he doth emancipate and set free negro woman Rachel Carter and her son Thomas Carter who were conveyed to him the said Janney by bill of sale from Jeremiah D. Woodyard dated the 20th day of May 1822, and that he the said Fanney doth emancipate and set free the following named children of the said Rachel born since the said conveyance namely Sarah Carter, supposed to be about 18 years old, Mary Carter about seventeen years old, Louisa Carter about fifteen years old, Addison Carter about fourteen years old, and Cornelius Carter about ten years old. Witness the following signature and seal this 13th day of September 1856. Joseph Fanney (seal) In Prince William County Court September 2nd 1856 This deed of emancipation from Fanney to Carter was acknowledged by the said Joseph Fanney and ordered to be recorded. Teste, P.D. Lipscomb Clk Document Type Deed Record Location DB 23:416 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 06/29/1850 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter Robert Alexander Manumitted James Hayes Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Robert Alexander of the County of Prince William and State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated, and set free James Hayes, and I do hereby declare him the said James Hayes to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights & privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest him. He the said James Hayes hereby emancipated is a man of light brown or mulatto complexion, five feet nine inches and a half high, and is about thirty two years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 29th day of June 1850. Robert Alexander (seal) Document Type Deed Record Location DB 21:67 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 1850 - Alexander to James Hayes - Prince William Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/67e0acb327904c3a11b4184e266fcf6d.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=dMHIKnOxiNkRDXv4jGCY5nD-eEYp0pnjuCxp8Vevktd6Q1z3f7W59XeT8oUAlKC8GAAKME6i5qjUX-I9JjxTIgDEAiLFc2Uj4t1U%7EMyWM-KpFMvbUDZxqnmRRXktQMlL0UP60Q8ho9mlRH7tTmhOShAVnAGETmExENSlkqXvB0LbcCzLt%7EqNNfLYIoiJUUwGbX18uwb5okM7q3Mb0fzjb0o7gE4U6bvUI3EZQ4GyMsAL-qgpa1D4MY8-i-FtnaPZwIV6h1Afut23Pk%7E5-i4990ZB%7E97pFtAOij%7EhIuxKLWREKuCec30TlFA9q-NVkPpwGNvG%7EZ4SKoCNCEyMcuhkNg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ee9757858ad54c8432e9cda43dc55f14 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/30/1848 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter Redmon Foster Manumitted Henry, John Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Redmon Foster of Prince William County Virginia, do make and constitute this writing my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaret Foster all the slaves with their increase, and all other property that I acquired by my marriage with her: and all the dead victuals and provender, and half my crops whether severed or growing on my farms which I shall die possessed of, to have and to hold the same forever. I also give to my said wife, for and during her natural life, my Foster farm on which I now reside, situation on the northside of Broad Run, with all the lands attached thereto, lying on the northside of the lines of my Pleasant Valley and Smithfield tracts and north of the fence running with the said lines to Mrs. Jane Reid’s land; my slaves Sam and Gina, and her two youngest children, and the future increase of the females, all my household and kitchen furniture, my carriage and harness, four of my best horses, twenty of my cattle of average value, twenty of my best sheep, and half my stock of hogs. And I also give to my said wife my two slaves big Henry and John for and during the term of her natural life, if they choose to live with and serve her; but if it shall not be their choice to live with her, then it is my will and desire that my Executors hereafter named shall hire them out and pay the net amount of their hires to my said wife as long as she shall live; and it is my further will and desire that my said Executors allow the said slaves to choose their own master or mistress as often as they shall be hired out, if they should wish to do so. And if they should not wish to do so, then that my said Executors shall be particular in selecting homes for them, not to hire them to any person who will not treat them with kindness and have them properly attended when sick. I give and bequeath to my niece Elizabeth Lipscomb and her heirs forever my slaves Malinda, Lewis, Jasper, and Cheshire, and the future increase of the females. I give and bequeath to my niece Mary Mildred Foster, daughter of James Foster, and her heirs forever, my slaves Kitty, Eliza, Arthur, Martin, and Julia, and the future increase of the females. I give and bequeath to my nephew William P. Foster and his heirs forever my slaves Agga and Aliff, and the future increase of the females. I give and bequeath to my nephew James Foster, son of James Foster, and his heirs forever my slaves Albert and Harrison, and after the death of my wife, my Foster Farm with all the lands attached thereto as described in the devise for life to my wife; but the said farm is given to him on condition that he shall assume and bear the name of Redmon Foster after my death. I give and bequeath to my niece Susan Amelia Foster, daughter of James Foster, and her heirs forever my slave Rolley. I give and bequeath to my nieces the said Elizabeth Lipscomb and Mary Mildred Foster after the death of my wife, my silver spoons and ladle to be equally divided between them. I devise to the trustees of Brentsville Academy my lot in the town Brentsville known in the plan of said town as number sixty six for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for school purposes and for holding their meetings for the transaction of business; and also for a free church by their consent. It is my will and desire that all the residue or balance of my estate, both real and personal, be sold by my executors and conveyed by them to the purchaser or purchasers; and that out of the proceeds of sales my just debts be fully paid, and the balance of said proceeds (after paying the necessary expenses of administration and retaining one hundred dollars hereinafter disposed of) I devise to James Foster, William Grigsby Fostger, Mary Mildred Foster, and Susan Amelia Foster, children of Jaems Foster, Elizabeth Lipscomb and William P. Foster, children of Daniel Foster dec’d; and the children of my brother Silas Foster, and their heirs forever to be divided equally between them, share and share alike. It is also my will and desire that after the death of my wife, the slaves except big Henry and John, and the personal property except the silver spoons and ladle devised to her for life, shall be equally divided between the above named children of James Foster, Daniel Foster dec’d, and the children of Silas Foster, share and share alike in value. I give my gold spectacles to my brother Thomas Foster. After the death of my wife, it is my will and desire that my slaves big Henry and John shall be free and that my said executors pay to each of them fifty dollars out of the sum of one hundred dollars directed to be retained out of the sales of my real and personal estate, and if either of them shall die before his emancipation, that the said sum of one hundred dollars shall be paid to the survivor and if they shall both die before their emancipation shall be complete, according to the requirements of the laws of Virginia, then I devise the said sum of one hundred dollars to my niece Mary Mildred Foster herein before named, and her heirs forever. Lastly, I hereby appoint my brother Thomas Foster and Phillip D. Lipscomb executors of this my will. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 30th day of May in the year of Christ, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight. Signed, sealed, published and declared by Redmon Foster (seal) the testator as his will before us who have signed the same as witnesses at his request, in his presence, and in presence of each other M.B. Sinclair Rich’d W. Weedon Charles W. Alexander Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB P:375 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 1848 - Foster to Henry & John - Prince William 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/734089ae658061dd8740532e46bacea7.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=UO8wahQwxtV1qSQJsXsXVakhqeSXunG05%7E31x0i7rhcd6i1GJlLT%7EtrUxyVUx5xS7WB%7EDpfGC2Ar%7Ey7Z86JJkzNd5jciY7v5rgd5p%7E32e7s0JOZb928Bqx0dKG52mw%7EZshPxA-uIZ6OyO9ZvcO4VsO-G7qY7VttAFDAMzEKUHTWIdYGBWGgVkng7ixXKl4ECBtkcbbOMi4%7Enf%7EWLWHBtA2ypYMHkWsHfzaMtsKNrLmPE6xbPtHOEEw1bkdRCwVprnIyAI3RKWrPDNdd7hBW2qhFCx8HACPuvralE4NNbCt4K6OCmtCATp1zSO8xQWzE3sNw4JbwkdYzBslCmVbzxiw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM cee0ea74477129989bc5a6dbb8846a25 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/7f1706add191ee48660a8b0648d8f5e8.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=iY9M%7ET0diVvdjzVmV3EZgPL-CnCnF0seTXE9ytia0d-GMvPP7K7dN93fAfbOnKeAkZw%7ErJVVnbwz5qXGdmyTXG6vpjO1S6GmVB3l4VIQt6AQtM2GTjhs%7EzKpii8iG2x9ulv6ga0FFC%7EDxZ2nHeFqNl2ZnNQIYTEOmp8B6VTgdj7wDmal1HyzwDN3yNQXM6tdqiRKdKxdFNpO5XtK21BOQVh8iENBimQYdo%7E5wXYT-wGeoIavg4T6DEj4Un61oHdxctc2B7kQ9tyMJB8ooEE-atF1GI-W7BuoLaNnz0Smtz0wn5z6oDKF3gOvYOGlhB4uO5Zqp960MyC8O58Ip-4YFA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8d3c33dc55501a0852b19d15ecf6c61c 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/08/1846 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Gibson Manumitted George Crump Text of Freedom Document I John Gibson of the County of Prince William and State of Virginia being of sound and disposing mind and memory, but knowing the certainty of death and uncertainty of life, do make and publish this as my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all other and former wills by me made (date of said will Feb’y 19th 1845). In the first place I give and bequeath to my wife all my household and kitchen furniture of every description, including all portraits and pictures, and it is my desire that no inventory be taken of the same; what plate I have I devise in the same way. I also give and bequeath to my said wife Frances B. Gibson the following slaves to dispose of as she may see fit, to wit: Emily and her two children Ellen and Addison, Mary and her two children James Henry and Edinburg, Martha and her two children Robert and Lucy. I also give to my said wife upon the like terms my servants Kitty, Louisa, William Chin, John Chin, and Jesse Chin, all children and grand children of a servant I recently [illegible] called Patty Chin. I also give and bequeath to my said wife upon the same terms my slaves Julian and Angelina, children of a servant woman I [illegible] by the name of Harriet. The reason that I devise the foregoing slaves in a manner different from what I intend to devise the rest of my slaves is because the said Patty Chin and Harriet belonged to my wife before our marriage, and should any of the foregoing bequeathed females slaves have additional increase during my lifetime, then such additional increase to go in the same way that the salves hereinbefore named are given and bequeathed Susan Chin and her two children and what future increase she may have between this time and the time of my death I give and bequeath in the same way the foregoing named slaves are bequeathed. My man servant George Crump I leave free provided he wishes freedom in which event I leave him thirty dollars to be paid by my executors hereinafter named; and I leave him my best suit of clothes with my best hat I may have at my death provided the said George Crump survives me. If he does not desire his freedom, then it is my wish that he may select his own home and have the bequests made him. The balance of my slaves I leave to my dear wife Frances B. Gibson during her natural life provided she should not marry again; but in the event of her marrying, then it is my wish that she forfeit all interest in my slaves except the slaves hereinbefore devised to her absolutely; and they to go and pass as hereinafter directed. That is the slaves in which a conditional life interest is devised. All the rest of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I leave to my said wife after the payment of my debts, subject to the specific bequests hereinafter named; provided she should not marry, but if she marries then of my real [illegible] I only leave her for life my farm called Fleetwood and the parsonage I purchased from [?Bollis?], and in the event of her marrying it is my will and desire that my farms called Flat Brush and Gilead be at once sold on a credit of one, two, and three years and the proceeds divided according to the statute of descents of Virginia; and the slaves loaned her conditionally to be at once valued by persons appointed by the County Court of Prince William, and to enable said slaves to choose their own masters or mistresses (which they are authorized to do). I will and direct that one fourth of the appraised value of each slave be abated, and the proceeds to be divided as the proceeds arising from the sale of the farms Flat Brush and Gilead are directed to be divided. My will and desire is that any Bristol tract lot called the Rose Field near Brentsville as well as one half of my stock of horses, one half of my stock of cattle, and one half of my stock of sheep be sold on one year credit, and the proceeds arising therefrom to be applied first to the payment of my debts, and if there be any surplus, then that surplus I give and bequeath to my wife. My house and lot in Dumfries I direct to be sold by my executrix hereinafter named, and the proceeds applied in the same way as the proceeds of the Rose tract and of the stock. I have four gold watches; the one I wear and the best I leave to my wife for life, and her death I give and bequeath it t my nephew Frederick M. Gibson, son of my brother E.E. Gibson, if he survives her, and should he not survive her, then at my wife’s death I give it to the eldest son of my brother Edwin’s that he be living. The first choice of my other three gold watches, I give to my nephew John William Gibson, son of my brother Thomas G. Gibson, the second choice to my brother J.C. Gibson’s son called John, and the third to my sister Betsy Ferrel’s son called John. My silver watch of right belongs to my nephew John F. Gibson (it being the watch of my deceased father) who expressed a wish that he should have it. I therefore give and bequeath the same to him as well as release him from all he owes me by note or otherwise. I also give and bequeath to my said nephew John Francis Gibson the use of my law library for five years should he continued to practice so long, but should he decline to practice law before the expirations of that time then my will and desire is that the same be sold and the proceeds applied to the same as the proceeds arising from the sale of the stock I have directed to be sold: but should said nephew John F. Gibson continue to practice law for five years, then at the expiration of that time my will and desire is that said library shall become his absolutely. And it is further my will and desire that my executrix hereinafter named should furnish my nephew named with a horse of fifty dollars value, and moreover pay to him one hundred dollars as soon as collections can be made from the sale of any property hereinbefore directed to be sold. All the real estate loaned to my said wife for life I desire to be sold at her death, and the proceeds arising from such sale to be divided and distributed as the proceeds arising from the sale of my farms Flat Brush and Gilead are directed to pass and descend in the even of her marrying again. Should I die before sale is made of my interest in the Spring Hill farm in the county of Orange & State of Virginia, I give and bequeath to my two sisters Nancy & Frances forever, in even and equal portions. All the interest I have under the will of C.S. Hancock dec’d I devise absolutely to my wife subject however to the following qualification to wit: that she is to claim no interest in the children of the female slaves born since the death of C.[illegible] dec’d which female slaves under said will were to be free at attaining the age of twenty five years (as I know it was the intention of said testator that the increase should be free). As to the place of my interment, I leave to be selected by said wife. And whatever property I may not herein specifically devised, I give and bequeath to my wife. Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Frances B. Gibson my sole executrix, and desire that no security be required of her. The foregoing will being all in my own handwriting, no witness of course is necessary. Signed and sealed by me the day and date first before written. Jno. Gibson (seal) Codicil to my foregoing will I John Gibson within named do make this present codicil to my within will, which I hereby declare shall be taken as part hereof to wit, having purchased since the date of my said will a tract or parcel of land of William S.F. Alexander supposed to contain upwards of three hundred acres: I devise and bequeath that the same way I have bequeathed my farm Flat Brush pass and that my farm called the parsonage instead of passing as is hereinbefore directed, shall be sold and the proceeds thereof applied to any outstanding debts I may have unpaid, and to any specific legacies bequeathed. Should there be any surplus thereafter, then that surplus I give to my wife F.B. Gibson. I desire to be interred between two of the largest cedar trees on the highest eminence in my meadow in front of my house at Fleetwood, and to be covered with a slab with the following inscription: “Here rests the remains of Jno Gibson, formerly of the county of Orange but who settled in the County of Prince William in the year 1807 age 23, and the son of John Gibson dec’d late of the County of Orange, Virginia”. The same to be enclosed with a substantial stone or brick wall with no door entrance whatever, and should my farm Fleetwood be sold by those entitled to the reversionary interest in the same under my said last will and testament, I desire there shall be absolute reservation, not only of the place of my interment but of one acre of land immediately contiguous thereto making the place of interment the center of said acre of land. The foregoing codicil is wholly in my handwriting and is signed and sealed by me this 26th June 1845. Jno. Gibson (seal) Additional codicil to my last will and testament, made this 10th December 1845 in my own handwriting and under my own proper signature. The devise to my servant called George Crump “of my best suit of clothes at the time of my death” I hereby revoke, and in lieu thereof devise and give to him my second best suit. Jno. Gibson In Prince William County Court October 5th 1846 This writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Gibson deceased, with two codicils annexed, was produced in court, and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, John W. Tyler and Jno. P. Phillips were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testators handwriting, and verily believe the said writing and codicils annexed and the name thereto subscribed to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand, whereupon the said writing and codicils annexed is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said John Gibson deceased. 1846 Nov. 8th Exex qualified Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Last Will & Testament Record Location WB P:271 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 05/23/1846 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter Susan Dade Manumitted Sarah Phillips Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Lucian Dade of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free Sarah Phillips, and I do hereby declare her the said Sarah Phillips 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 invest her. She the said Sarah Phillips hereby emancipated is a woman of dark brown complexion, five feet 3 ½ in. high and is about sixty two years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of May 1846. Susan Dade (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court May 23rd 1846. This deed of emancipation from Lucian Dade to Sarah Phillips was acknowledged by said Dade to be his act and deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:172 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 1846 - Dade to Sara Phillips - Prince William 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/e2ff42d1c15c035ca9be81112d8d9f1a.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=KaebFSOs%7EPY%7EIiEUNo6YI-H560Xan7Y-3petITWt5HfuGU3ORhWkfmZrdaeESnE8n%7E%7EYyb6eeyF%7EQ%7E1uOEMonpO%7ERIGhTu55vkfnw2N8QZgbjj9ta%7EdtI09ScjMcVcY5EXjmqa0TekgxxblasPu9o1tQ71%7Eof2%7EAFgESRiNcieLgqHd9bJCeGE64p%7Ebx%7EFm-YbGyGJBy40tQjTYCyT03c-0xhuvGNys3lW%7ERP8AKGpS9ipGUukuend2KAsjo-bMYBSm9y-oLUMbIHVJun1oM1GhPzROudo8AEHYHrkdtdO9mOyCaP7ggJaTgHrBbMo3mHBNZyCpQoYaU7tPfL1AGdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1b1d26e3f48383ace55ecb98759ef915 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/29/1845 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Towles Manumitted Mary (Polly) Taylor Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Jno. Towles of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Mary Taylor usually called Polly, and I do hereby declare her the said Mary Taylor 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 invest her. She the said Mary Taylor hereby emancipated is a girl of yellow complexion, about four feet eight inches high, and is between the age of thirteen and fourteen. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Towles (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court October 29, 1845 This deed of emancipation from Towles to Mary Taylor was acknowledged by John Towles to be his act & deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:78 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/29/1845 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Towles Manumitted Emily Sanders Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I John Towles of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Emily Sanders: and I do hereby declare her the said Emily Sanders to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the right and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest her. She the said Emily Sanders hereby emancipated is a woman of dark complexion, five feet three inches high, and is between the age of twenty five and thirty. I also manumit, emancipate, and set free, and by these same presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Maria Sanders and Christianna Sanders children of the said Emily Sanders, the first named aged four years and the last named aged four months. In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Towles (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court October 29, 1845 This deed of emancipation from Towles to Emily Sanders was acknowledged by John Towles to be his act & deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:79 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 1845 - Towles to Emily Sanders - Prince William Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1845 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/73226c1294fb5ac2ec9107947f997d1b.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=BcpLTOOR-b0cdWa1JJQI7RvILQkPYq-NMdYZyvMqoJK7aLCZR7nCQbbPQ4q5JJBt1PM0rSlVnFv3XlCf326S7DMxHAoIH1tiHn6Sz%7EINQ0kT41k5GhUXHzfOKwlqiXoIdKVJBhUaoNiTGn8h5pH6QUWnokLMV13%7ElRRPCI9p5Ku2RYfgRVExrb3Dy70qpMwrDeLeqbuNmSBF1lk%7E4e%7E1OpMwv%7ELBWQt-nYR8lUgE-v5vXGGEEBjC%7EYkfGUGEFrUqi5SxG-vXyXM%7Enl-gjDvBaXfdUTrt--ZhUI3KL87yhVxqMEKOBE5TmWUeGUpQ4%7E1b48PI70eIVsDQ1nnr7u57HQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 1b1d26e3f48383ace55ecb98759ef915 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/29/1845 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Towles Manumitted Anna Pinckard Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I John Towles of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Anna Pinckard, and I do hereby declare her the said Anna Pinckard 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 invest her. She the said Anna Pinckard hereby emancipated is a woman of black complexion, five feet two inches high, and is between the age of thirty five and forty. I also manumit, emancipate, and set free, and by these same presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Mary Pinckard, Violet Pinckard, and Eliza Pinckard the three children of said Anna Pinckard, the first named aged twelve years, the second named aged eight years, and the last named aged six years. In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Towles (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court October 29, 1845 This deed of emancipation from Towles to Anna Pinckard was acknowledged by John Towles to be his act & deed was admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:78 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/28/1845 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Towles Manumitted Violet Peachy Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I John Towles of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Violet Peachy, and I do hereby declare her the said Violet Peachy to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the right and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest her. She the said Violet Peachy hereby emancipated is a woman of black complexion, five feet two inches high, and is between the age of fifty five and sixty. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Towles (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court October 28, 1845 This deed of emancipation from Towles to Violet Peachy was acknowledged by John Towles to be his act and deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:78 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 1845 - Towles to Violet Peachy - Prince William Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1845 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/72439/archive/files/2d8895b77ed01f1363336221fff93e7c.jpg?Expires=1776902400&Signature=UL4i5iw5ayYveZJLBXbqgbOFrgi%7E0a260MyZ3EhbSEzTyHvIur1V511QQg0c5z9VdqHgXmU%7ErHOT158BsoL1c52v%7EvP83jQbWLFwcychq50HCvfUGq4DtgjdPCxa9akeqokHFpmN44O-v08uq0ZBIAzhwpj2qiHMaaN6u10KClHW9qjO7T2YikRHxI8XMvQh-KWdq-QWPnxD88mC-IV%7ECgYCPDPJDfA5OExMxeSmTQR-z9Rk8YXrjivD0VtUt23A21Lrk5UHNzF7FTzeo4jBGen18ttFhCasKN9Mb%7EmUyQaU42FUdBuECRLX74wvk6DYlBP%7EZAbemtKw-xPhhgZ5sw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a0f288265b7e41d6d3e813044d67d26a 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 Prince William County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/29/1845 Location The location of the interview Prince William County Virginia Manumitter John Towles Manumitted Sylvia Jackson Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Jno. Towles of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated, and set free, and by these presents do manumit, emancipate, and set free Sylvia Jackson, and I do hereby declare her the said Sylvia Jackson to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the right and privileges of a free person, with which it is in my power to invest her, she the said Sylvia Jackson, hereby emancipated, is a woman of dark complexion, five feet high, and is between the age of fifty five and sixty. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five. John Towles (seal) In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court October 29, 1845 This deed of emancipation from Towles to Sylvia Jackson was acknowledged by John Towles to be his act 7 deed and admitted to record. Teste, J. Williams C.C. Document Type Deed Record Location DB 19:77 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 1845 - Towles to Sylvia Jackson - Prince William Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1845