1859 - Baskervill to Robert - Mecklenburg Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Location
Date
07/30/1859
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I William R Baskervill do hereby give grant and release unto my slave Robert who is aged about sixty years all right & claim which I have in and to his future services and do hereby emancipate and set him free from all bondage or servitude and invest him as far as I legally may with all the rights of a free man of colour. Witness my hand and seal this 27 July 1859.
Wm. R Baskervill (seal)
State of Virginia
Mecklenburg County Court- I Henry E Coleman Jr a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid in the state aforesaid do certify that Wm R Baskervill whose name is inscribed to the writing above and bearing date of 27th July 1859 has acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand this 28th July 1859.
Henry E Coleman Jr. (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of Mecklenburg County July 30th 1859.
The foregoing deed of emancipation from Wm R Baskervill to Robert a slave was this day received in the Clerk’s office aforesaid and together with the certificate of acknowledgement the endorsed is admitted to record.
Examined and delivered
R. Clack, Clerk
Wm. R Baskervill (seal)
State of Virginia
Mecklenburg County Court- I Henry E Coleman Jr a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid in the state aforesaid do certify that Wm R Baskervill whose name is inscribed to the writing above and bearing date of 27th July 1859 has acknowledged the same before me in my county aforesaid. Given under my hand this 28th July 1859.
Henry E Coleman Jr. (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of Mecklenburg County July 30th 1859.
The foregoing deed of emancipation from Wm R Baskervill to Robert a slave was this day received in the Clerk’s office aforesaid and together with the certificate of acknowledgement the endorsed is admitted to record.
Examined and delivered
R. Clack, Clerk
Record Location
DB 36:130
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1859 - Baskervill to Robert - Mecklenburg Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1153.