1783 - Robertson to Anne Rose & Margaret - Halifax Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1783 - Robertson to Anne Rose & Margaret - Halifax Co, VA

Description

Deed of manumission to Anne Rose & Margaret from Walter Robertson

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

2

Text of Freedom Document

To all to whom these presents shall cum Greeting know ye that I Thomas Hope of Halifax County in the State of Virginia, Administrator with Will annexed of Walter Robertson decd. Do hereby these presents, set free agreeable to an Act of Assembly, in that case made and provided Anne Rose and her daughter Margarett a natural born Child of the said Anne, who were slaves of the sd. Walter Robertson, the sd Margarett the said Walter acknowledges in his Will to be his daughter begotten by him on the body of the sd. Anne Rose, which afd. Slaves Anne & Margarett, I the sd. Thomas Hope as administrator, as far myself my Heirs H. or Successors, do discharge and set free the asd. Anne and Margarett, from the Claim or Claims of any other person or persons whatsoever Except the heir at Law of the said Walter Robertson, that they may enjoy the benefits and privileges of the Laws of the Land as free citizens agreeable to the asd. Act of Assembly.In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & Seal this 16thday of May 1783.

Record Location

Deed book 12, pg 315

Document Type

Deed

Files

1783_Halifax_Robertson to Rose_Deed Book 12_315.jpg

Citation

“1783 - Robertson to Anne Rose & Margaret - Halifax Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1065.