1816 - Sellers to Gabriel - Rockingham Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1816 - Sellers to Gabriel - Rockingham Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

09/21/1816

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I Adam Sellers of Rockingham County and State of Virginia do hereby emancipate and for ever Set free my negroe man named Gabriel a Slave to have and enjoy his freedom against me and my heirs forever hereafter as witness my hand and seal this 21st day of September 1816.

Adam Sellers (Seal)

Teste
Joseph Mauzy
Henry Monger his mark

Document Type

Deed

Secondary Source

Library of Virginia

Files

Citation

“1816 - Sellers to Gabriel - Rockingham Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1336.