1801 - Powell to Will - Fauquier Co, VA
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Title
1801 - Powell to Will - Fauquier Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
1801
06/22/1801
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Powell of the County of Fauquier in the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to the 36th Section of the act of General Assembly entitled “an Act to reduce into one the Several Acts Concerning Slaves, Free Negroes, and Mulattoes” have manumitted, liberated and set free and by these presents do manumit, liberate and set free to all intents and purposes one negro man named Will which said negro man I purchased at public sale of my fathers estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & one.
Sealed and delivered Elizabeth Powell (seal)
In the presence of
Michael Ellis
Nathaniel Greaves
James Cowles
At a court held for Fauquier County the 22nd day of June 1801
This deed of manumission was proved to be the act and deed of the said Elizabeth Powell by the oaths of Nathaniel Greaves and James Cowles witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, F. Brooke CC
Sealed and delivered Elizabeth Powell (seal)
In the presence of
Michael Ellis
Nathaniel Greaves
James Cowles
At a court held for Fauquier County the 22nd day of June 1801
This deed of manumission was proved to be the act and deed of the said Elizabeth Powell by the oaths of Nathaniel Greaves and James Cowles witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, F. Brooke CC
Document Type
Deed
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Collection
Citation
“1801 - Powell to Will - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 6, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1581.