1803 - Smith to Benjamin - Charles City County, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1803 - Smith to Benjamin - Charles City County, VA

Date

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

Record Location

DB 5, pg 23

Document Type

Deed

Files

1803_Charles City_Smith to Benjamin_DB 5 23.jpg

Citation

“1803 - Smith to Benjamin - Charles City County, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1434.