1795 - Myrick to slaves - Brunswick Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1795 - Myrick to slaves - Brunswick Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

10/26/1795

Manumitter

Number of Persons

See estate account inventory

Text of Freedom Document

I do hereby declare that I will not seek to retain in bondage those slaves emancipated by my deceased husband and do give up all claim to them & the land & all the corn that is coming to them provided the negroes are not kept in slavery by another person. Witness my hand & seal this twenty fourth day of March one thousand seven hundred & ninety five.
Teste Sarah Myrick (seal)
Patsey Harrison
Elizabeth White
Edw’d Drumgold
Nathan Fletcher
Rich’d Fletcher
John Fletcher

Brunswick County Court October 26th 1795
This instrument of writing was proved by the oaths of Edward Drumgold, Nathan Fletcher, Richard Fletcher, & John Fletcher witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.

Teste,
GB Jones Clk

Record Location

DB 16:205

Document Type

Deed

Notes

deed recognizing emancipation in husband's will

Files

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Citation

“1795 - Myrick to slaves - Brunswick Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 21, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1703.