1800 - Vaughan to Nelson - Caroline Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1800 - Vaughan to Nelson - Caroline Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

10/01/1800

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

October Court 1800
It appears to the court from a certificate signed Bland Vaughan that Nelson a mulatto was set free by his father Andrew Vaughan in his will at twenty years of age: that the said Nelson is about twenty four years of age, five feet six inches height which is ordered to be registered and certified.

Record Location

Court Order Book:215

Document Type

Last Will & Testament

Notes

Document indicates that Nelson was freed by the will of Andrew Vaughan

Files

1800_Caroline_Ambrose Vaughn to Nelson via LWT_OB 215.jpg

Citation

“1800 - Vaughan to Nelson - Caroline Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1798.