1820 - Dorman to Smiley - Rockbridge Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Location
Date
01/04/1820
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Charles P Dorman of the County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia have thought fit to Emancipate and set at liberty my negro man slave named Watt alias Watt Smiley aged about forty years & who was sold and conveyed to me by William Finley of the county and state aforesaid by bill of sale bearing date November 16th 1818 & I do by these presents Emancipate and set forever free the said Negro man Watt. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this 18th day of November 1818.
Charles P Dorman (seal)
At Rockbridge County Court January 4th 1819
This Deed of Emancipation from Charles P. Dorman to Watt alias Watt Smiley was produced in court acknowledged by said Dorman and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Saml M. Reid DC
Charles P Dorman (seal)
At Rockbridge County Court January 4th 1819
This Deed of Emancipation from Charles P. Dorman to Watt alias Watt Smiley was produced in court acknowledged by said Dorman and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Saml M. Reid DC
Record Location
Deed Book L:378
Document Type
deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1820 - Dorman to Smiley - Rockbridge Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 15, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1208.