1794 - Pleasants to Cupide - Goochland Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
2/20/1794
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I Elizabeth Tucker Pleasants of the County of Goochland having in my possession a negro boy named Cupid Dean aged fourteen years and believing that all mankind have a natural inherent right to freedom, I do therefore emancipate and set free the aforesaid Cupid Dean, when he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, without any interruption from me, or any person, or persons, claiming for, by, from, or under me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 20th day of the second month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four 1794.
Sealed and delivered in Elizabeth T Pleasants (seal)
the presence of
Sam’l Parsons
Tho. E. Pleasants
At a court held for Goochland County the 20th Ap 1795
This deed was proved by the affirmation of Samuel Parsons & Tho’s E. Pleasants to be the act and deed of Elizabeth T. Pleasants which was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, W Miller C.G.C.
Sealed and delivered in Elizabeth T Pleasants (seal)
the presence of
Sam’l Parsons
Tho. E. Pleasants
At a court held for Goochland County the 20th Ap 1795
This deed was proved by the affirmation of Samuel Parsons & Tho’s E. Pleasants to be the act and deed of Elizabeth T. Pleasants which was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, W Miller C.G.C.
Record Location
DB 16:416
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1794 - Pleasants to Cupide - Goochland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1539.