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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 09/04/1856 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter John Parker Manumitted "the whole of my slaves… to be emancipated" Text of Freedom Document I John Parker of King George County Virginia, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made. 1. I will and direct that the whole of my slaves and their future increase (except those held by me for the life of Mrs. A. Braxton) be emancipated and forever set free on the first day of April eighteen hundred and sixty two, at which time my executors hereinafter named are required to execute to them deeds of emancipation and to pay and deliver to each out of the assets of my estate, twenty five dollars in money, a suit of good clothes including hat and shoes and a pair of blankets. But this bequest of freedom is made to each of my slaves upon the following express conditions to wit: that he shall conduct himself during the continuance of his servitude orderly and properly, and if either one of them shall behave in such manner as in the opinion of my wife an executors (they concurring) merits such treatment, he shall be sold by my executors and the money arising from such sale is to constitute a part of my estate, and be disposed of as I shall herein after direct in regard to other money and property of which I may die possessed. 2. When the period for the emancipation of my slaves arrives, should either one or more of them prefer a state of slavery to freedom, he may select a master or mistress to whom my executors are directed to convey him, upon such terms and conditions without regard to price, as to them may seem best for the interest of such slave. And should any one or more of my slaves from age or infirmity be incapable of taking care of himself, I will and direct that such slave be not emancipated, but be provided for out of the assets of my estate in such manner as to my executors may seem most judicious. 3. During the life of my wife I give and bequeath to my sister Sarah Hodges an annuity of one hundred dollars to be paid out of the interest or profits of my estate, and should my said sister die before my wife, I will and direct that the said sum of one hundred dollars be paid annually during the life of my wife in equal parts to the children of my said sister. 4. I give and devise to my wife Nancy Parker, one third of the residue of my estate absolutely to be disposed of by her as she pleases. I also give to my wife during her life the use and profits of the remaining two thirds of my estate. 5. Upon the death of my wife, I will and devise the two thirds of my estate given her during her life as follows, to wit: One third of the amount I give to my sister Sarah Hodges, and should she be then dead to be equally divided among her children. One other third part of said amount I give equally to the children of my deceased brother W.R. Parker. And the remaining third part of said amount I give and bequeath to be equally divided among the children of my deceased sister Nancy Goldman. 6. If my wife shall desire to be released from the trouble of managing and conducting a farm, it shall be the duty of my executors when she shall request them so to do, either before or after the period at which my slaves are directed to be emancipated to sell my real and personal estate (the slaves directed to be emancipated excepted) and one third of the money arising therefrom shall be paid to my wife as her absolute property to do with as she pleases; and the remaining two thirds shall be put at interest on good security, and the interest accruing therefrom annually paid to my wife during her life. And upon the death of my wife, the said principal sum shall be paid to the persons, and in the proportions named and designated in the preceding 5th clause of this my will. Should my wife desire a sale of my estate before the period at which my slaves are directed to be emancipated, they are to be hired out until then and the hires paid over to her. In selling my interest in the slaves held for the life of Mrs. Braxton, I wish a preference given to Mr. John Washington (who is ultimately entitled to them) provided he will pay a reasonable price for it. In order that my wife may not expose herself to the chances of [illegible] in her declining age, I earnestly request her in the event of her again marrying to have the property I have given her secured by contract for her own use. 7. I constitute and appoint my friends James Arnold and Wiley Roy Mason executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof to this my will written on two sheets of paper, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this third day of August 1856. Signed, sealed, published John Parker (seal) and declared by the testator John Parker, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and in the presence of each other, at his request have hereunto signed our names as witnesses thereto. Teste, Wm. E. Stuart Samuel W. Griffin In King George County Court Sept 4th 1856 The foregoing last will and testament of John Parker deceased was this day produced in court, proved by the oaths of William E. Stuart and Samuel W. Griffin, the two subscribing witnesses thereto and admitted to record. And on the motion of James Arnold one of the executors named in the said will who made oath thereto, and together with Wiley R. Mason, his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $25000 conditioned according to law, certificate was granted him for obtaining a probate of said will in due form. Teste, Wm. Brown Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 4:105 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted unnamed individuals Notes Notes regarding the record further research necessary to ascertain the names and number of individuals freed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/06/1853 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter James Park Manumitted Caroline, James William Park Text of Freedom Document I James Stuart Park of the County of King George & State of Virginia do make and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time made. 1. I direct that all debts justly due by me at the period of my death be paid. 2. In consideration of the fidelity, affection and faithful services of my servant maid Caroline, I do hereby manumit and set free from slavery said negro woman Caroline and her child called James William Park. As I know said slaves when liberated cannot remain in Virginia, I request my executor hereinafter named to see that they are carried out of the State of Virginia, liberate and settled in such place either in the United States or elsewhere as Caroline may select. 3. I give and bequeath to my servant maid Caroline the clear annual sum of one hundred dollars to be paid to her by my executor annually during her life. The first payment thereof to begin and be made at the expiration of one year from my death. Out of this annuity Caroline is to provide for her son James William Park, until he is old enough to learn a trade. Should Caroline die before her son James William Park attains the age of twenty one years, then and in that event, I give and bequeath to said William Park the clear annual sum of fifty dollars to be paid to him by my executor annually until he arrives at the age of twenty one years. The first payment thereof to begin and be made at the expiration of one year after his mother’s death. 4. With the exception of a sum sufficient to enclose the burying ground at Browfield in Westmoreland County as hereinafter directed, I give and devise to my cousin Julia Calvert Stuart, daughter of my cousin Richard K. Stuart of Cedar Grove, King George County, all the rest and residue of my estate real, personal and mixed to her and her heirs forever. 5. It is my will to be buried at Woodfield in Westmoreland by the side of my dear mother, and as already suggested, I desire my executors out of any funds belonging to my estate, to have the burying ground as that place enclosed with a substantial brick wall. 6. I constitute and appoint my cousin Richard K. Stuart executor of this my last will and testament, and desire that he will have no inventory or appraisement of my furniture or other perishable effects. 7. In testimony whereof I have to this my last will and testament, wholly in my own handwriting, subscribed my name and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. Jane Stuart Park (seal) Signed, sealed and published and declared by the testatrix Jane Stuart Park for her last will & testament in our presence both of us being in her presence at the same time, and in her presence and at her request, have signed our names as witnesses thereto. In King George County Court October 6 1853 The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Jane Stuart Park dec’d was produced in court, and it appearing by the [illegible] of W.R. Mason & Thomas S. Hunter that the said writing is wholly in the handwriting of the said Jane Stuart Park, it was ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of the said deceased. And on the motion of Richard K. Stuart the Executor named in the said will, who made oath thereto, and together with Charles Mason and Robert Wallace, his securities they entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $16,000, which said bond being conditioned as the law directs was acknowledged by the [illegible] and ordered to be recorded. Whereupon a certificate was granted the said Richard K. Stuart for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste, Wm Brown Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 4:94 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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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 04/07/1853 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Susan Fawke Manumitted Solomon, William, Virgin, Maria, Sarah Virginia Text of Freedom Document I Susan Fawke of the County of King George, being of sound mind & memory, notwithstanding my afflictions of body, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time made. 1. I desire that all my just debts be paid. 2. I bequeath all my slaves, viz. Solomon, William, Virgin, Maria and her child Sarah Virginia, to my nephew William J. Chiles with the earned expectation that he will permit them to enjoy their freedom so far as the laws of this state will permit. 3. I devise the tract of land whereon I now reside containing about 80 acres to William J. Chiles in trust for the benefit of my slaves above named, or such of them as may survive. And in the event any thing should occur to compel the removal from this state of my said slaves, then and in that case, I direct that the land herein bequeathed for their benefit be sold by my executor and the proceeds thereof be equally divided among them. 4th I give to William J. Chiles for the use of Virgin one hundred & thirty dollars which I request him to pay her as her wants may require. 5. I give to William J. Chiles seventy dollars for the use of Mariah to be paid her as her wants may require. 6. I give to William J. Chiles for the use of Solomon seventy dollars to be paid him as his wants may require. 7. I give to William J. Chiles for the use of William seventy dollars to be paid him as his wants may require. 8. I give and devise the sum of ten dollars to old Mason to be paid him as his wants may require. 9. I give and devise to my nephew Samuel B. Fawke my family Bible. 10. I give and devise to Wm. Thomas H. Fawke, son of my nephew Thomas B. Fawke the sum of fifty dollars. I also give him all the furniture in the dining room viz. letter chairs table, and the looking glass in the chamber. 11. I give and devise to Mary Catherine Chiles, daughter of William J. Chiles the furniture in the room I usually occupy as a chamber, viz. Bed, bedstead, and furniture & [illegible]. 12. I give to Virgin the bed, bedstead & bed furniture upstairs, and the table in which I usually take my meals, and also a cow. 13. I give to Virgin, William & Maria in equal parts all the cellar and kitchen furniture. 14. I give to Sarah Virginia the daughter of Maria, the sum of seventy five dollars to be paid her as her necessities may require. 15. I will and desire that the provisions on hand at the time of my death, and also all money after the payment of the legacies mentioned in this my will be equally divided among all my servants. 16. Should any portion of the legacies herein bequeathed to my servants remain unexpended as the time of his, her or their deaths, I direct that such balance be equally divided among the survivors. Lastly, I appoint my nephew William J. Chiles, Executor of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the same being signed and affixed for me by my direction and in my presence this 19th day of March 1853. Signed, sealed, published Susan Fawke (seal) & declared by the said testatrix Susan Fawke as & for her last will and testament in the presence of us, who is her presence & in the presence of each other & at her request (the same) being first carefully read to her, she being blind have hereunto signed our names as witnesses thereto T.S.D. Massey John Clift Codicil I hereby revoke the 10th clause in this my will & give the money & furniture therein mentioned to my nephew Wm. J. Chiles. Witness my hand & seal this 19th day of March 1853. Witnesses Susan Fawke (seal) T.S.D. Massey John Clift Virginia In King George County Court April 7th 1853 The foregoing last will and testament of Susan Fawke dec’d was this day produced in court, proved by the oaths of John Clift and Thomas S.D. Massey, the two subscribing witnesses thereto, and with the codicil thereto annexed, also proved by the oaths of said John Clift, Thomas J.D. Massey, ordered to be recorded. And on motion of William J. Chiles, the Executor therein named, who made oath according to law, and together with James Arnold & Thomas S.D. Massey, his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $12500 which said bond being conditioned as the law directs was acknowledged by the obligers & ordered to be recorded. Whereupon certificate is granted the said Wm. J. Chiles for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste Wm. Brown Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 4:79 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 5 Notes Notes regarding the record Further research needed as wording of document text makes unclear if these individuals are to be manumitted, bequest of named individuals to William Chiles would typically NOT indicate manumission, however "permit them to enjoy their freedom" and land bequest for the slaves' benefit and condition of removal from state if compelled, and monetary bequests to named individuals would potentially infer manumisison 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 King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 03/04/1852 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Lewis Cross Manumitted Thornton, Gusty, Kitty, Mariah, Hannah, William, Henry, Mary, Tulip, Barbary, Alfred, Anne, James, Cornelius, Sidney, Adison Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Lewis Cross of the County of King George and State of Virginia being of sound mind and memory, for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with. I give and bequeath in the same manner following. That is to say & first I commit my soul into the hands of my Creator who gave it and my body to the Earth. 2nd I desire that all my negroes to wit: Thornton, Gusty, Kitty, Mariah, Hannah, William, Henry, Mary, Tulip, Barbary, Alfred, Anne, James, Cornelius, Sidney & Adison with the future increase of the females be emancipated or set free at my death and that my exors hereinafter named hire out such of them as may be in a state to be hired for two years & that the amount accruing therefrom be appropriated to their benefit in the way hereinafter mentioned. If the hires in the two years amount not to the sum of five hundred dollars, the balance to be raised out of the sale of some part of my other property. Should the said negroes consent to be sent to Liberia or any other Colony in Africa, I desire that my exors or either of them see them safely delivered on board of the vessel provided for their transportation. Or if they, the said negroes, prefer being located in any one of the free States in this county, that either or both of my exors go with them and purchase for them a quantity of land sufficient to give them a comfortable & permanent home. After paying the expenses of the said negroes, either of their transportation or locating & selling them in this country, the balance of the five hundred dollars to be divided amongst the said negroes. 3rd I give and bequeath the residue of my property both real and personal to my sister Elizabeth Cross during her natural life, and after her death to my nephew Lewis Cross, the youngest son of my brother James Cross, now residing in London. Should my said nephew die without lawful heir begotten of his body, then the said property herein devised to be equally divided among the children of my nephew James Cross of Warren County. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends John Baker and Charles C. Baker Executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 20th day of September 1849. Signed, sealed, published Lewis Cross (seal) and declared in presence of John F. Curtis Stephen P. Bowen Ferdinand P. Bowen In King George County Court February 3rd 1852 The foregoing last will and testament of Lewis Cross dec’d was this day produced in court, proved by the oaths of John F. Curtis, Stephen P. Bowen & Ferdinand P. Bowen, the three subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. And on motion of Charles C. Baker, one of the Executors named in the said will, he refused to take upon himself the burden of the execution thereof. And afterwards in King George County court March 4th 1852, John Baker, the other executor named in the foregoing will of Lewis Cross dec’d this day appeared in court and refused to take upon himself the burden of the execution thereof, and on motion of Elizabeth Cross, who made oath thereto, and together with Stephen P. Bowen, Alexander Bowie and William S. Brown, her securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $10,000 conditioned according to law, certificate is granted her for obtaining letters of administration of the said estate of the said Lewis Cross dec’d with his will annexed in due form. Teste, Wm. Brown Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 4:67 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 16 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 King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 02/05/1852 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter St. Leger Landen Carter Manumitted Henry Clarke, Betty Reed, Jenny Terry, Andrew, Moses, Johnson, Charles, Helen, Lee, Barbara, Patsey Tibbs, Jordy, Kitty, William Rachel, Amanda, Patsy, Harriet Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I St. Leger Landen Carter of the County of King George & State of Virginia, being of sound mind & perfect memory, do make & publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit: In the first place, I liberate and set free Henry, commonly called Henry Clarke, and Betty Reed both residing at this time in Philadelphia, but still slaves, not having been emancipated, though removed to that city. Secondly, I liberate also & set free the following named slaves to wit: Jenny Terry and her children, Andrew, Moses, Johnson, Charles, Helen, Lee and Barbara, and my dining room servant Patsey Tibbs and her children Jordy, Kitty, William Rachel, Amanda and Patsy, together with the future increase of Patsey Tibbs, and lastly Harriet, a mulatto girl, sister to Henry Clarke. Thirdly, My just debts must be paid by my Executors out of any property real or personal, saving & excepting the above named liberated slaves whose freedom is not to be infringed on any account whatever, and excepting also my gold watch & chain which I hereby bequest to Charles the son of Jenny Terry. I except also a small parcel of land which I shall mention hereafter. Fourthly, I give and bequeath to the above named Henry Clarke, Betty Reed, Andrew, Moses, Johnson, Charles & Helen, children of Jenny Terry, and to Judy & Patsy, daughters of Patsey Tibbs, one thousand dollars each. I give and bequeath likewise to Patsey Tibbs & Jenny Terry two hundred dollars each and to Harriett one hundred dollars. All this money is to be paid to the several parties above named at the time of the removal of them from the state. And to such of them as are already removed immediately upon my death, I direct that the above named liberated slaves shall under no pretext whatever be removed to Liberia or any other place beyond the United States without their consent. My Executor must remove them to Pennsylvania where Henry, betty, Judy & Harriett are now living, or to some other state if they prefer it. He must defray all the expenses of their removal out of my estate and such as attend their comfort and settlement after removal. Fifthly, I give and devise the residue of my property, real and personal wherever found, with the exception of a small parcel of land which I shall direct to be sold to my nephew Robert O. Carter residing in Mississippi, the son of my late brother Robert C. Carter, to have and to hold to him the said Robert & his heirs forever. Sixthly, I direct my Executor to sell at public sale the small parcel of land some forty or fifty acres lying between the lands of Wm. Taylor Smith & Augustine Fitzhugh reserved when I last sold a part of [?Canning?] to the former gentleman, and to divide the proceeds of sale equally between the above named Henry, Betty, Judy & her sisters Patsey, Andrew, Moses, Johnson, Charles & Helen in addition to the monies I have ordered to be paid to each. Lastly, I wish my body to be buried at Canning by the side of my wife in a plain & simple manner, and I appoint as my Executor my highly valued friend William Taylor Smith, whom I earnestly solicit to guard the interests of the slaves whom I have liberated. In witness of all which I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30th day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty. St. Leger L. Carter (seal) Codicil- Having engaged to pay to Henry Clarke named in the body of my will give hundred dollars on the 1st of October 1850 and three months thereafter two hundred & twenty five dollars. I hereby subject my estate to the payment of these two sums over and above what I have left to the said Henry Clarke in the body of my will, and accordingly direct my Exor to pay the same, and this codicil to be regarded to all intents & purposes as a part of my will. St. Leger L. Carter (seal) 22 July 1850 Codicil 2nd July 17 1851- Having now at this date paid the several sums mentioned in codicil first, I revoke said codicil and having advanced to Betty Reed to hundred dollars of her portion, that sum to wit: two hundred dollars to be deducted from her portion of one thousand dollars. And I hereby direct my Exor to pay said two hundred dollars to Patsy the daughter of Patsy Tibbs, so as to increase her portion to one thousand two hundred dollars & this codicil is to be regarded to all intents and purposes as part of my will. St. Leger L. Carter (seal) Codicil 3- In addition to my friend Wm. T. Smith, I hereby appoint Dr. H.W. Burnett my kind & attentive physician joint executor of the above will. St. Leger L. Carter (seal) 17th Sept 1851 In King George County Court February 5th 1852 A writing purporting to be the last will & testament of St. Leger Landon Carter dec’d was this day produced in court and thereupon Thomas B.B. Baber & Edward T. Taylor being sworn, deposed and say that they are well acquainted with the handwriting of the testator, and that they believe the said writing to be wholly in the handwriting of the said St. Leger Landon Carter dec’d whereon the said writing was admitted to record as the last will and testament of the said St. Leger Landon Carter dec’d. And on the motion of William T. Smith and James W. Burnett, the Executors named in the said will who made oath thereto and entered into and acknowledged two separate bonds in the penalty of $80,000 each, the former with W.R. Mason and George Turner his securities, and the latter with Harrison C. Howland and Wm. H. Dickenson his securities, certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form. Teste, Wm S. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/01/1849 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Stephen Wilkerson Manumitted Addison Text of Freedom Document In the name of God Amen. I Stephen Wilkerson of County of King George in the State of Virginia being of sound mind and memory do make my last will and testament in manner and form following viz. First. I give and bequeath unto my nephew Joseph Fletcher Jones, son of Stephen Jones, all my land in the said County of King George, containing one hundred and seventy five acres be the same more or less except fifteen acres which I reserve and bequeath to my servant Addison on account of his faithful services to me, to be laid off adjoining the lands of John McKenny deceased and Dr. Ninde. Item. I give and bequeath unto my nephew Stephen Jones my servant Addison with a particular request that he be treated with humanity & allowed all the advantages & privileges which the laws of our state will allow, and it is my wish that my said servant Addison be permitted to reside on the land reserved for him if she shall desire it, and that he shall not be compelled to leave the County without his consent. It is my further my desire & I hereby direct that as much timber to be taken from any part of my land as will be necessary to build a suitable house for my servant Addison to live in, and that he be permitted with one years allowance of corn and meat after my decease and two hogs, also one bed. Item. I bequeath unto my nephew Stephen Jones’ three children, all the rest and residue of my estate except a cart and oxen, one milch cow, and all the ploughing utensils which I bequeath to my servant Addison to be equally divided between them. Item. It is my desire that Winny Wilkerson be permitted to occupy the house and garden she now occupies during her natural life and to get firewood from my land. Lastly, I constitute and appoint John F. Humphries executor of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day March eighteen hundred and forty nine. Signed, sealed & acknowledged Stephen Wilkerson (seal) as & for the last will & testament of Stephen Wilkerson in the presence of G.C. McKenney G.B. McKenney Ja’s S. McKenney Stephen S. Marders Codicil to the aforegoing will In case my nephew Stephen Jones should die before my servant Addison it is my wish & intention that Addison should have his choice to go to Liberia or any other place where he can enjoy his freedom, should he not choose to remain in this state. In witness whereof, I have to this codicil set my hand and seal this 3 day March 1849. Signed, sealed, & acknowledged Stephen Wilkerson (seal) in presence of G.C. McKenney G.B. McKenney Ja’s S. McKenney In King George County Court November 1st 1849 The aforegoing last will and testament of Stephen Wilkerson deceased was this day produced in court, proved by the oaths of George C. McKenney and Stephen S. Marders two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and the codicil thereto being also proved by the oaths of George C. McKenney and Stephen S. Marders, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, the said will and codicil were ordered to be recorded. And on motion of John F. Humphries who made oath & together with Adison T. Dishman her security entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $1000 conditioned according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of said will in due form. Teste, Wm. Brown Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 4:32 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 1 Notes Notes regarding the record further research necessary to ascertain whether unclear if conditions for Addison's manumission were met 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 King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/05/1846 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Elizabeth Carter exor Manumitted Betty Perkins, Charity Conders, Matilda Conders, James Henry Conders, Kitty Conders, Bartlett Conders, Winney Champayne, Jack Champayne, Rebecca Champayne, Hugh Payne, Juday Payne, Esther Champayne, Thomas Champayne, Winney Ann Berry, Caroline Payne, Watt Payne, Adelaide Payne, Alfred Champayne, Ben Payne, Jack Payne, Alfred Payne, Susan Matthews, Lucinda Parker, Sally Carter, Patsey Carter, Jane Park, Frances Park, Nelly Payne, Milley Payne, Champ Parker, Patsey Baker Text of Freedom Document Know all men by these presents that I Eliza T. Macfarlane, Executrix of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Carter deceased late of the County of King George and whose last will and testament is duly recorded in said county, do hereby declare that negroes Betty Perkins, Charity Conders, Matilda Conders, James Henry Conders, Kitty Conders, Bartlett Conders, Winney Champayne, Jack Champayne, Rebecca Champayne, Hugh Payne, Juday Payne, Esther Champayne, Thomas Champayne, Winney Ann Berry, Caroline Payne, Watt Payne, Adelaide Payne, Alfred Champayne, Ben Payne, Jack Payne & Alfred Payne the last three of whom are negroes derived from Nancy Carter dec’d as her portion of the dower slaves, and Susan Matthews, Lucinda Parker, Sally Carter, Patsey Carter, Jane Park, Frances Park and Nelly Payne, Milley Payne, Champ Parker & Patsey Baker are the same negroes mentioned and referred to in the will of the said Elizabeth Carter deceased or those born since her death, & are therefore entitled to enjoy and have their liberty as free & emancipated slaves. And I the said Eliza T. Macfarlane acting under the direction of said will do hereby further declare that they the adults among said slaves have my permission to obtain the evidence of their freedom from the Clerk of the County Court of King George at my expense and I do hereby direct said clerk to give each of them a copy of this instrument or an extract therefrom duly authenticated & such other instrument as may be required by law to enable them or either of them to go free. And I do hereby further consent & agree that the infants herein before mentioned may also go with their parents & when they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years that they may also obtain the evidence of their freedom from the Clerk aforesaid. In testimony whereof the party hereto has set her hand & seal this 4th day of November 1846. Teste Eliza T. Macfarland (seal) E Conway Corporation of Fredericksburg to wit We W.C. Beale and Robert Dickey Justice of the Peace for the Corporation aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Eliza T. Macfarland party to a certain instrument hereto annexed, personally appeared before us in our corporation aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and desired us to certify the said acknowledgment to the Clerk of the County Court of King George in order that the same may be recorded. Give under our hands & seals this 4th day of November 1846. Wm C Beale (seal) Robert Dickey (seal) In Clerk’s Office of King George County Court November 5th 1846 The aforegoing deed from Eliza T. Macfarland Executors of Elizabeth Carter to Betty Perkins & others, slaves emancipated by the last will and testament of the said Elizabeth Carter deceased, being this day received in my office, was together with the certificate of acknowledgment thereon endorsed, admitted to record. Teste, Wm. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 11/07/1844 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Nathaniel Hooe Manumitted "set free to all intents & purposes all my slaves in Virginia King George Cty" Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 3:496 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted unnamed individuals Notes Notes regarding the record further research necessary to ascertain the names and number of individuals freed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 10/05/1826 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter William Rogers Manumitted William Rogers, Betsy Rogers, Cornell Rogers, Peyton Rogers, Jane Rogers, Sudwell Rogers, Thacker W. Rogers Text of Freedom Document William M. Roger’s Will In the name of God Amen. I William M. Rogers of the County of King George and State of Virginia, afflicted in mind, but thanks to Almighty God in the full and perfect enjoyment of my mental powers, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following viz. I give and bequeath to my friends Solomon J.S. Brown, Samuel Oldham, and Edward Oldham all my earthly goods in trust nevertheless to be by them deposed of in the manner herein after directed. I will and direct that as soon after my decease as to them shall seem proper, that they sell for cash all my lands, houses, and tenements as also my ferry over Machodoc Creek commonly known by the name of Little Ferry, to the purchaser or purchasers of all which property I hereby authorize and fully empower them to make full and perfect title against the claim or claims of all persons whatsoever, save only such portion of such lands, houses and tenements as I may hereafter otherwise dispose of. I likewise will and direct that my said friends Solomon J.S. Brown, Samuel Oldham, and Edward Oldham in like manner dispose of all my perishable property not hereafter otherwise disposed of. I will and direct that out of the money obtained from the sale of all my property, my just debts first be paid with the balance I will and direct that said friends S.J.S. Brown, Samuel Oldham and Edward Oldham purchase the following slaves, being a portion of the slaves belonging to Mrs. Sarah Thornton of the estate of Edward Oldham dec’d viz. William Rogers, Betsy Rogers, Cornell Rogers, Peyton Rogers, Jane Rogers, Sudwell Rogers, Thacker W. Rogers or so many of them as the funds of my estate may enable them to purchase obtaining in their hands so much of the said estate as shall be sufficient to enable them to dispose of the said slaves as hereafter directed, but should the said funds be found insufficient to purchase the whole of the said slaves, and my said friends be of opinion that my hiring out such as they may purchase for a term of five years or less, they will be thereby enabled to purchase the remainder. It is my will and desire that they hire them for that purpose. It is my will and desire that my friends, after they have obtained the above named slaves, dispose of them in the following manner viz. That they bind the boys to humane masters of such trades as they may make choice of until they attain the age of twenty one, and the girls to such mistresses as they may choose until they attain the age of eighteen, as they severally attain the above ages, it is my will and desire that my friends give them safe conduct to such of the non slave holding states as they may select, but should the funds arising from the sale of my estate be too nearly exhausted to defray their expenses to any of the non slave holding states, it is my will and desire that a sufficient fund be raised for that purpose by hiring each one as they become free of their indentures until enough money is obtained to defray his or her expenses. Should there be a surplus of my estate after purchasing the above slaves, it is my will and desire that it be equally divided among the said slaves and that he or her portion be given as they respectfully attain the before mentioned ages. It is my will and desire that my said friends retain during the life of my negro woman Tizzy the following property for her use and benefit viz: all my household and kitchen furniture, my house where I now live together with the land in the field around the house, firewood and timber from the most convenient part of the land, one choice cow & calf, one choice breeding sow and fattening hots, and three barrels of Indian corn out of my estate annually. Upon the death of the said negro woman Tizzy it is my will and desire that my said friends or their representatives in like manner with the first of my property mentioned dispose of the above property and remit to such of the before mentioned slaves as may be heard of within eighteen months after her decease to each an equal moiety of the proceeds of the sale making the division among such only as may be heard from in the above named space of time. Lastly, I constitute and appoint Solomon J.S. Brown, Sam’l Oldham, and Edward Oldham executors of this my last will and testament hoping they will qualify and thereby become instrumental in a charitable deed. In testimony of the validity of this my will, I have hereunto fixed my hand and seal this the sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty four. Signed and sealed in William M. Rogers (seal) the presence of us Enoch Edwards John Jackson William J. Dishman In King George County Court October 5 1826 The last will and testament of William M. Rogers presented in court proved by the oaths of Enoch Edwards & William J. Dishman, subscribing witnesses thereto, & the handwriting of John Jackson, one of the subscribing witnesses being proved by the oath of Gustavus G. Rogers, it is ordered that the said will be recorded. And at another court held for the said county on the 4th day of January 1827, on motion of Samuel Oldham, who made oath & together with S.J.S. Brown & Edw’d Oldham, his securities entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $4000 conditioned according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of admin with the will annexed of the said Rogers dec’d in due form. Teste, Jn Smith Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 3:279 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 7 Notes Notes regarding the record further research needed to confirm names and number of individuals freed through this will, as manumission was conditional upon purchase and available funds 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 King George County Manumission Documents Manumission Item Data Manumission Item Data Date Court Date 07/07/1825 Location The location of the interview King George County Virginia Manumitter Meriweather Taliaferro Manumitted Sally, unnamed children, Benjamin Franklin, Ben Text of Freedom Document Meriweather Taliaferro’s will I Meriweather Taliaferro of the County of King George being in perfect health but knowing the uncertainty of life do make this my last will and testament in the manner following. Imprimis. It is my will and desire that my servant woman Sally and her children and their increase, if any, have their freedom at my death should I not have it in my power to emancipate them previous to that event. Item I give and bequeath to the said Sally and her children two thousand dollars (to be paid out of any part of my estate), two mules or horses, a yoke of oxen, a milk cow, two beds, and furniture including all my blankets, all the meat on hand at my death and twenty barrels of corn. And it is my will and desire that my executors (herein named) do have the emancipation of the said Sally and her children and their increase (if any) permanently established and for the perfect accomplishment of which, they if necessary are to consider any part or the whole of my estate subject. The existence of a cruel law of this state may render it necessary to seek for those unfortunates some more friendly quarter and hence the latitude to my executors. Item I give and bequeath to Benjamin Franklin (a son of the said Sally) who I have already emancipated five hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate his choice of any one of my negroes and one mule or horse. It is to be understood that he is to have no part of what is above devised to his mother and her other children. Item the residue of my estate (after the foregoing part of this my will is strictly complied with) I give and bequeath to Nappertandy, now a child living with my overseer, and whom I recognize as my child by Ann Truslow. It is my will and desire that my friend Mrs. Sally Rogers (the wife of my overseer) do accept of fifty dollars as a very small testimonial of my gratitude for the care she has taken of this child. I appoint as executors to this my last will and testament my friend Cary Seldon of Salvington Stafford County, Alexander S. Hove, John Seymour Taliaferro, and my brother John Taliaferro of King George, and enjoin upon them in the name of the friendship I hear them to have justice done the poor woman & her children herein named, they will be forlorn and helpless when I am no more and will require the protecting hand of friendship to be extended to them. I have the consoling reflection that the selection I have here made will be as a shield to them against the injustice of this world. Item It is my will and desire that my faithful old man servant Ben have his freedom at my death and fifty dollars. Witness my hand and seal this first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Signed in presence of Meri’r Taliaferro (seal) Sally Rogers Wm Rogers Wm Beverley Th’s Jenkins In King George County court July 7 1825 The aforeoing last will and testament of Meriweather Taliaferro deceased was produced in court by John Taliaferro, one of the executors therein named, and the court being satisfied that the same is wholly in the handwriting of the testator. Therefor the said will is ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said executor who made oath thereto and together with James G. Taliaferro Sen’r his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $4000 conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. Teste, J.W. Smith Clk Document Type Last Will & Testament WB 3:259 Number of Persons Number of individuals manumitted 3 Notes Notes regarding the record other potential children of Sally unnamed; inferred deed for the freedom of Benjamin Franklin not found in county records, so his name is noted here 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 1825 - Taliaferro to Sally, et al -King George Co, VA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1825