1785 - Nicholas Watters to Phillis - Amelia County, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
03/24/1785
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Nicholas Watters of Amelia County and State of Virginia being consciously concerned to give and grant negro Phillis now my possession her freedom and liberty, do hereby declare her free from me and my heirs and all other persons whatsoever from this time forth forevermore. She being now in the twenty fourth year of her age as witness my hand and seal the 24th day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
Nicholas Watters (seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged
in the presence of
At a Court held for Amelia County the 24th day of March 1785. This deed was acknowledged by Nicholas Watters the party thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste John Wiley DC
Nicholas Watters (seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged
in the presence of
At a Court held for Amelia County the 24th day of March 1785. This deed was acknowledged by Nicholas Watters the party thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste John Wiley DC
Record Location
DB 17:152
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1785 - Nicholas Watters to Phillis - Amelia County, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 11, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1457.