1806 - Quarles to Lucy & Maria - Louisa Co, VA
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Title
1806 - Quarles to Lucy & Maria - Louisa Co, VA
Description
Deed of manumission to Lucy and Maria from Raplh Quarles of Louisa Co, VA
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
04/14/1806
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
Be it known to whom it may concern that I, Ralph Quarles, of Louisa County do hereby liberate manumit and set free my Negro Slaves, Lucy, a woman, and Maria, a girl daughter of said Lucy, and I do hereby renounce forever all right jurisdiction authority and power which I have or may lawfully exercise over the said slaves and I do hereby declare the said slaves to be henceforward free persons at liberty to go when and where they please to exercise and enjoy the rights of free persons and so far as I can authorize or the laws of Virginia will permit and I hereby bind myself and my heirs executors to warrant and forever defend to the said Lucy and Maria their right to freedom, clear of the claims of all persons whatsoever. 1 April 1806. [Sig.] Ralph Quarles. Recorded 14 April 1806.
Record Location
Deed Book K:226
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1806 - Quarles to Lucy & Maria - Louisa Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1278.