1804 - Gilmore to Peter Cromwell - Rockbridge Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1804 - Gilmore to Peter Cromwell - Rockbridge Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Location

Date

10/02/1804

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I James Gilmore having the property in a negro man slave named Peter Cromwell have emancipated & set free from slavery and do by these presents emancipate & liberate said Peter forever from any claim or interest of myself or those claiming under me in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this first day of October 1804.

James Gilmore (seal)

At Rockbridge Court October 2nd 1804
This Deed of Emancipation from James Gilmore to Peter Cromwell a slave was produced in court acknowledged and ordered to be recorded.
A copy Teste Aw Reid, CC

Record Location

Deed Book E:333

Document Type

deed

Files

Citation

“1804 - Gilmore to Peter Cromwell - Rockbridge Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 15, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1201.