1782 - Davis to Harry - Charlotte Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1782 - Davis to Harry - Charlotte Co, VA

Description

Deed of manumission to Harry from William Davis of Charlotte County, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

08/05/1782

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I William Davis of the County of Charlotte for and in Consideration of the Sum of forty pounds to me on hand paid or secured to be paid by a Negro man Slave named Harry belonging to me have an do emancipate & set free him the said Negro man Slave Harry here by relinquishing and forever quitting claim to all estate right, title, Interest, or property which me my heirs Executors, Administrators or assigus or all or any of them had and have or might and could have had if these presents had never been made to him or in him the said Harry; giving and granting to him all Rights, privileges immunities and advantages which free Negroes are by law entitled to, and forever warranting to him the said Harry his heirs executors administrators or Legal Representative the fall and peaceable do [illegible] of the and emancipation aforesaid against the title claim or demand of all and every person or persons claiming by from or under me, my heirs Executors, Administrators, Assigus. Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of August 1782.
William Davis (seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of John Beckley
Charles May

At a Court held for Charlotte County the 7th day of October 1782
The within written Instrument emancipating Harry a Negro man Slave belonging to William Davis of the said County, and by the Court adjudged to be of the age of forty five years and upwards, was acknowledged by the said William Davis to be his Act and Deed, and on his motion, is admitted to record.
Teste, Thomas Read, Clerk
Truly recorded, Thomas Read, CC

Record Location

DB 5:11

Document Type

Deed

Files

1782_Charlotte Co_Davis to Harry_D Book 5 pg 11.jpg
1782_Charlotte Co_Davis to Harry_Deed Book 5 pg 12.jpg

Citation

“1782 - Davis to Harry - Charlotte Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed November 14, 2024, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1038.