1851 - May to Adam Wilder - Dinwiddie Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
10/20/1851
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I John P. May do hereby emancipate and set free Adam Wilder a slave purchased by me of Tho’s Wallace & David May Trustees of H.A. Garland and I do hereby invest said Adam with all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest him. Given under my hand and seal October 20th 1851.
Jn P. May (seal)
At a County Court held for Dinwiddie County on the 20th day of October 1851. This deed of emancipation from John P. May to Adam Wilder was acknowledged by the said May to be his act and deed, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Jn P. Crump CC
Jn P. May (seal)
At a County Court held for Dinwiddie County on the 20th day of October 1851. This deed of emancipation from John P. May to Adam Wilder was acknowledged by the said May to be his act and deed, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Jn P. Crump CC
Record Location
DB 7:126
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1851 - May to Adam Wilder - Dinwiddie Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1756.