1806 - Edward Eggleston to George - Amelia County, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1806 - Edward Eggleston to George - Amelia County, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

04/24/1806

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I Wm T Eggleston of the County of Amelia for good causes and considerations me thereunto moving have manumitted emancipated and for ever set free one slave to me at this time belonging that is to say George aged about forty five years he being a slave lately purchased of Rich’d [?Hewlett?] and I the said Eggleston do here by declare the before named George to be from henceforth and forever free in as full and effectual a manner as if he had been born free. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of April in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & six.
Signed, sealed and Wm T Eggleston (seal)
delivered in presence of


Amelia County Court 24 day of April 1806 the within deed of emancipation was acknowledged by the within named William T Eggleston party thereto to be his act and deed and was ordered to be recorded.

Teste, James Townes CAC

Record Location

DB 22:195

Document Type

Deed

Files

1806-Amelia-Eggleston-DB-22-195.jpg

Citation

“1806 - Edward Eggleston to George - Amelia County, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 11, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1491.