1793 - Smith to Phill & Moll - Powhatan Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
07/01/1793
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I George Smith of Powhatan County do hereby emancipate & set free the following negroes viz. Phill and Moll and for the many good services done by them heretofore, I do hereby relinquish all right, title & claim to them forever. As witness my hand this eighteenth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety there.
Signed, sealed & acknowledged George Smith (seal)
in presence of…..
At a court held for Powhatan County at Scottville on Thursday the eighteenth day of July one thousand and seven hundred and ninety three. This instrument of writing containing the emancipation of two slaves Phill & Moll the property of George Smith was presented in court & acknowledged by the said George Smith and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Ab. Crump
Signed, sealed & acknowledged George Smith (seal)
in presence of…..
At a court held for Powhatan County at Scottville on Thursday the eighteenth day of July one thousand and seven hundred and ninety three. This instrument of writing containing the emancipation of two slaves Phill & Moll the property of George Smith was presented in court & acknowledged by the said George Smith and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Ab. Crump
Record Location
DB 2:43
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1793 - Smith to Phill & Moll - Powhatan Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed April 26, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1666.