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