1803 - Smith to Benjamin - Charles City County, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/12/1803
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I Michael Smith of Charles City County do hereby emancipate and set free my father Benjamin Smith relinquishing any right I have or may have to his person or property, given under my hand this twelfth day of September 1803.
Michael Smith (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in the presence of
Benj. W Ladd
Joseph Ladd, Ginge Macquillen
At a monthly court held for Charles City County at the courthouse on Thursday the fifteenth day of September 1803. The aforewritten deed of emancipation from Michael Smith to Benjamin Smith was this day in open court acknowledged by the said Michael and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Wyatt Walker CC
Michael Smith (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in the presence of
Benj. W Ladd
Joseph Ladd, Ginge Macquillen
At a monthly court held for Charles City County at the courthouse on Thursday the fifteenth day of September 1803. The aforewritten deed of emancipation from Michael Smith to Benjamin Smith was this day in open court acknowledged by the said Michael and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Wyatt Walker CC
Record Location
DB 5, pg 23
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1803 - Smith to Benjamin - Charles City County, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1434.