1846 - Carpenter to Kate - Alleghany Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1846 - Carpenter to Kate - Alleghany Co, VA

Description

Deed of manumission to Kate from Samuel Carpenter of Deed of Alleghany Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Location

Date

01/19/1846

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Carpenter of the County of Allegheny having purchased from Charles Callaghan Administrator of John Persinger Decd. and who was the [?] under the will of Jacob Persinger Decd. of a Negro woman Catherine (commonly called Kate) who was willed to John
Persinger to have and to hold in service as a slave until the 4ᵗʰ day of November 1851. And I the said Samuel Carpenter having purchased the said Catherine from the said Charles Callaghan Administrator as aforesaid and having obtained a bill of sale for the said Catherine, I do hereby for myself and my heirs Manumit and set free, and at liberty the said Catherine and hereby declare that I do not require her to serve me or my heirs from the date hereof, of the unexpired of which I purchased expiring 4ᵗʰ November 1851 at which time she becomes free under the of Jacob Persinger Decd. And I declare that I do hereby in all respects Manumit and set at liberty the said Catherine for and during the unexpired of years of which I was the purchaser and owner. In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto to this Deed set my hand and affixed my seal this 19ᵗʰ day of January 1846.

Samuel Carpenter (seal)

Allegheny County Court January Term 1846

The deed of Emancipation was produced in Court and acknowledged by the said Samuel Carpenter to be his act and deed and the same is ordered to be recorded.

Teste
Andrew Fudge, Clerk

Record Location

DB 4:506

Document Type

Deed

Files

1846_Alleghany_Carpenter to Kate_DB 4_506.jpg

Citation

“1846 - Carpenter to Kate - Alleghany Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1178.