1818 - Woodson to Caroline Matilda - Powhatan Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
04/15/1818
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
This indenture made this twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, between Charles Woodson of the County of Prince Edward, and State of Virginia of one part, and Caroline Matilda, a mulatto girl, late the slave of Frederick Woodson deceased, of the County of Powhatan, and said State of the other part; witnesseth that the said Frederick Woodson hath by his last will and testament (which is of record in the county court of Powhatan) directed the said Caroline Matilda to be emancipated, and that his Executors shall give to the said Caroline Matilda a deed of emancipation; and the said Charles Woodson, being one of the executors to the said last will and testament, and duly qualified according to law, doth by this indenture fully and freely emancipate the said mulatto girl Caroline Matilda, to all intents and purposes; and doth hereby publish to all whom it may concern that she is from henceforth enfranchised and placed upon a footing with other free people of color, as fully and completely as the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia will permit, and the just claims of creditors will allow. In testimony whereof I, the said Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, have hereunto placed my hand and affixed my seal this day and year first above written.
Signed, sealed and published by Charles Woodson Executor of
Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Frederick Woodson (seal)
Woodson decease in presence of
Charles Taylor
William Pope
James G Hunter
Samuel Woodfin
George Taylor
At a court of quarterly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan on the 15th day of April 1818. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and proven to be the act and deed of Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, a party thereto, by the oaths of Charles Taylor and George Taylor, and by the affirmation of Samuel Woodfin, subscribing witnesses and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Wm S Dance C
Signed, sealed and published by Charles Woodson Executor of
Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Frederick Woodson (seal)
Woodson decease in presence of
Charles Taylor
William Pope
James G Hunter
Samuel Woodfin
George Taylor
At a court of quarterly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan on the 15th day of April 1818. This deed of emancipation was presented in court and proven to be the act and deed of Charles Woodson executor of Frederick Woodson deceased, a party thereto, by the oaths of Charles Taylor and George Taylor, and by the affirmation of Samuel Woodfin, subscribing witnesses and thereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Wm S Dance C
Record Location
DB 6:516
Document Type
Deed
Notes
Deed implementing will
Files
Collection
Citation
“1818 - Woodson to Caroline Matilda - Powhatan Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 9, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1690.