1806 - Nicholas to George - Fauquier Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1806 - Nicholas to George - Fauquier Co, VA

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

1806
09/22/1806

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Self Purchase Amount

$5

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I F Townshend Nicholas Attorney in fact for Samuel Nicholas of the State of Ohio for and in consideration of the sum of five shilling current money of [blank] to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge hath bargained sold [illegible] and forever set free one negro man named George the property of the said Samuel Nichols to be and remain forever free as if he had been born so to all intents and purposes it being the wish of the said Samuel Nichols that the said George shall be free for whose advantage the said sum of five shillings was paid as witness my hand and seal this 15th day of April 1806.
Townshend Nichols (seal)
Attorney in fact for
Samuel Nichols (seal)

At a court held for Fauquier County the 22 day of September 1806. This deed of emancipation was acknowledged by the said Townshend Nichols attorney in fact for the said Samuel Nichols to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, H B Campbell CC

Document Type

Deed

Notes

shillings

Files

1806_Fauquier_Nicholas to George_DB 16_487.jpg
1806_Fauquier_Nicholas to George_DB 16_488.jpg

Citation

“1806 - Nicholas to George - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 11, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1592.