1860 - Bell to Cornelius Napper - Augusta Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
07/09/1860
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Self Purchase Amount
$1,000
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I J. Wayt Bell of the County of Augusta and State of Virginia for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars to me in hand paid by Wm B Kasper and Attorney for Robert Napper a free man of color, the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge have manumitted and set free from slavery my negro boy Cornelius, son of the said Robert Napper, a mulatto aged about [?eleven?] years, a scar on the left ear, one on the left side, and one on the inside of the left leg.
And I hereby give grant and release unto the said Cornelius all my right title and claim of in and to his person labour and services.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my seal this 9th day of July 1860.
J. Wayt Bell (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of the County Court of Augusta in the state of Virginia July 9th 1860 – This deed of manumission from J. Wayt Bell to his negro slave Cornelius son of Robert Napper was this day presented in the office aforesaid and acknowledged by the grantor J. Wayt Bell before me J.D. Jonboden Clerk of said Court to be his act and deed whereupon the same is admitted to record.
Teste, J.D. Jonboden Clk
And I hereby give grant and release unto the said Cornelius all my right title and claim of in and to his person labour and services.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my seal this 9th day of July 1860.
J. Wayt Bell (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of the County Court of Augusta in the state of Virginia July 9th 1860 – This deed of manumission from J. Wayt Bell to his negro slave Cornelius son of Robert Napper was this day presented in the office aforesaid and acknowledged by the grantor J. Wayt Bell before me J.D. Jonboden Clerk of said Court to be his act and deed whereupon the same is admitted to record.
Teste, J.D. Jonboden Clk
Record Location
WB 37:496
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1860 - Bell to Cornelius Napper - Augusta Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1415.