1803 - Chaffin to Jack - Prince Edward Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1803 - Chaffin to Jack - Prince Edward Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

09/19/1803

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

This indenture witnesseth that John Chaffin for valuable consideration doth by this indenture emancipate and set free Jack a negro man slave about forty years of age. In witness whereof he hath hereunto set his hand and seal the 1st day of September 1803.
Teste, Jn Chaffin (seal)
Ben Watkins
Thomas C Scott

At a court held for Prince Edward County September the 19th 1803
This indenture was presented in court and acknowledged by John Chaffin party thereto to be his act and deed ordered that the same be recorded.
Teste, Ben Watkins D.C.

Record Location

DB 13:86

Document Type

Deed

Files

1803_Prince Edward_Chaffin to Jack_DB 13_86.jpg

Citation

“1803 - Chaffin to Jack - Prince Edward Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 14, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1858.