1789 - Landrum to Phill & Gowing - Halifax Co, VA
Dublin Core
Title
1789 - Landrum to Phill & Gowing - Halifax Co, VA
Description
Deed of manumission to Phill and Gowing from Hawkins Landrum of Halifax County, VA
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/26/1789
Manumitter
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these present that I Hawkins Landrum of Halifax County for divers good causes me thereunto moving and agreeable to an act of assembly in that case made, and provided for manumission of slaves, do by these present Emancipate and set free the following negroe slaves (To wit) Phill a negro man aged a little upwards of twenty years to go free next Christmas from me Gowing a Negro Lad about fourteen years of age to free from me at the age of Twenty one years and I do by these present give up all my rights and title claim and demand to the said slaves bip on mentioned and it my desire that they enjoy all the immunities and liberties they as free men are entitled to by the laws of this country. Given under my hand and seal this 26th day of January 1789.
At a court held for Halifax County the 26t day of January 1789. The within written Emancipation from Hawkins Landrum to Phill and Gowing was acknowledged by the said Hawkins party thereto to be Enacted(?) and was ordered to be recorded.
Test George Carrington CHC
Truly Recorded
Teste William Thompson DCHC
At a court held for Halifax County the 26t day of January 1789. The within written Emancipation from Hawkins Landrum to Phill and Gowing was acknowledged by the said Hawkins party thereto to be Enacted(?) and was ordered to be recorded.
Test George Carrington CHC
Truly Recorded
Teste William Thompson DCHC
Record Location
DB 14:371
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1789 - Landrum to Phill & Gowing - Halifax Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 11, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1074.