1801 - Baker to Aggy - Goochland Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1801 - Baker to Aggy - Goochland Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

09/11/1801

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

I John Baker of the county of Goochland being persuaded that freedom is the natural right of all mankind, and that it is my duty to do unto others as I would desire to be done by in the like situation and having under my care a negro woman called Aggy purchased from Matthew Pleasants and now my wife, I do hereby emancipate and set free the said Aggy, she being of full age, and I do for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators relinquish all my right title interest claim of pretentions of claim whatever to her as a slave and only reserving the right I have to her as a lawful husband, she enjoying every privilege that is common for wives to enjoy under a husband. Witness my hand this 21st day of September 1801.
John Baker (seal)
Sealed and delivered
in presence of

At a court held for Goochland county on the 21st day of September 1801
This deed of manumission from John Baker to Aggy his wife was presented in court acknowledged by the said John to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.

Teste, W. Miller CC

Record Location

DB 18:255

Document Type

Deed

Files

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Citation

“1801 - Baker to Aggy - Goochland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1550.