1796 - Rector to James - Fauquier Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1796 - Rector to James - Fauquier Co, VA

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

1796
09/26/1796

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

For value received I do hereby for myself my heirs Executors and administrators emancipate and set free a certain negro man slave named James, to be to all intents and purposes a free man in the same manner as if he had been born free given under my hand and seal the 22nd day of August 1796.
Teste John Rector (seal)
Charles Marshall
F. Brooke
At a court held for Fauquier County the 26th day of September 1796

This instrument of writing was proved to be the act and deed of the said John Rector by the oath of Charles Marshall, a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, F Brooke CC

Document Type

Deed

Files

1796_Fauquier_Rector to James_DB 13_201.jpg

Citation

“1796 - Rector to James - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed April 27, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1575.