1841 - Chappel to Emaline - Prince Edward Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
05/21/1841
Number of Persons
Emaline
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that we Richard S Chappell and William H Chappell have manumitted, emancipated and set free a negro woman slave named Emaline, who was on the 17th day of August 1840, sold and, delivered to us by Edward A. Carter of the County of Prince Edward and we hereby declare her the said Emaline to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person, with which it is in our power to vest her, she the said Emaline, hereby emancipated, is a woman of bright complexion about 5 feet 6 inches high and is about 27 years old. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 21st day of June 1841.
Witness R.S. Chappell (seal)
T E Perkinson W.H. Chappell (seal)
S C Anderson
G W Bradley
At a court held for Prince E
dward County June the 21st 1841. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and acknowledged by Richard S Chappell and William H Chappell parties thereto, to be their act and deed, ordered that the same be recorded.
Teste, B Worsham Clk
Witness R.S. Chappell (seal)
T E Perkinson W.H. Chappell (seal)
S C Anderson
G W Bradley
At a court held for Prince E
dward County June the 21st 1841. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and acknowledged by Richard S Chappell and William H Chappell parties thereto, to be their act and deed, ordered that the same be recorded.
Teste, B Worsham Clk
Record Location
DB 23:220
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1841 - Chappel to Emaline - Prince Edward Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 15, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1511.