1801 - Ennis to Watt - Goochland Co, VA

1801 - Ennis to Watt - Goochland Co, VA

02/16/1801

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Know all men by these presents that I Rice Ennes of Powhatan County & state of Virginia for ninety five pounds to me in hand paid have this day bargained sold & by these presents manumit & forever acquit all bond service a negro man named Watt Hill which negro man I purchased from the estate of Charles Toney late of Goochland County, and I do by these presents warrant unto the said Watt Hill his freedom from me, my heirs, executors & administrator or creditors of every description whatsoever, and I do farther by these presents defend him in his freedom against the claim of myself my heirs executors administrators or any person claiming for or under me in any manner or for any purpose or cause whatever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 27th day of Oct. eighteen hundred.
Rice Ennes (seal)
Witness
Arch’d Bryce Jr
Jesse Hodges
James H Gordon

Received Goochland County Oct 27 1800 from Watt Hill by the hands of Arch Bryce jun. ninety five pounds in full of the within. As witness my hand the day & year above written.
Rice Ennes
Test
Arch Bryce Jr.
Jesse Hodges
James H. Gordon

At a court held for Goochland county on February the 16th 1801
This deed of manumission was presented in court and together with the receipt thereon acknowledged by Rice Ennes a party thereto, to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.
Test W. Miller CC

DB 18:155

Deed