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