1789 - Rowland to Will & Betty - Henry Co, VA

1789 - Rowland to Will & Betty - Henry Co, VA

12/17/1789

2

To all to whom these presents shall come know ye that I Mary Rowland of Henry County, now in my perfect sense and memory not withstanding my last will & testament which is recorded in the county court aforesaid in the Execution of which it was stipulated and agree that provided I myself whose hand & seal is hereunto perfect & subscribed should at any time in my natural life think proper to revoke or disallow any part of such last will and testament that such revoking or disallowing should sound good and effectual in law. Now so it is upon mature deliberation I do hereby revoke and disallow of so much of my last will and testament as shall enslave two negroes to wit, Will & Betty his wife after my decease, but in every respect to receive emancipate forever from any of my heirs or legatees claiming or holding them the said Will and Betty in slavery & the said negroes as aforesaid are hereby accordingly emancipated according to law as above said. It is further my request and demand of my heirs & exors that should the said negroes or either of them survive after my decease that they have out of my estate one fourth part of the deed provision on hand to support them also a cow & or sow. Also the mare I have now in possession except her present being in foal which if it comes to maturity is the emolument of my grand daughter Lucy Ryan. Also, the said negroes are to receive and possess the choice of the iron working tools I now possess now to the end that due justice may be to the slaves above named in the premises aforesaid. I do hereby constitute and appoint George Reeves & William Turner my true and lawful attorneys touching the premises aforesaid to act and do everything that may or can be lawfully done touching the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this 17th day of December 1789.
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of Mary Rowland (seal)
John Salmon
John Redd

WB:215

Deed

Deed of manumission, written as a revocation of a portion of the last will of Mary Rowland, in order to free them immediately. Will and Betty to receive inheritance from estate at death of manumitter