1848 - Marshall to Peggy Sims - Charlotte Co, VA
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Title
1848 - Marshall to Peggy Sims - Charlotte Co, VA
Description
Deed of manumission to Peggy Sims from John Marshall of Charlotte County, VA
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/06/1848
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I John Marshall of Charlotte County Virginia do hereby emancipate and set free my mulatto slave Peggy sometimes called Margarett the wife of Lafayette Sims. As witness my hand and seal this 6th day of November 1848.
J. Marshall (seal)
At a court held for Charlotte County the 6th day of November 1848. The foregoing deed of emancipation was acknowledged in court by John Marshall a part to the same to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Winslow Robinson CC
J. Marshall (seal)
At a court held for Charlotte County the 6th day of November 1848. The foregoing deed of emancipation was acknowledged in court by John Marshall a part to the same to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Winslow Robinson CC
Record Location
B 27:110
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1848 - Marshall to Peggy Sims - Charlotte Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed May 10, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1064.