1845 - Beasley to Amy - Giles Co, VA

1845 - Beasley to Amy - Giles Co, VA

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Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Beasley of the County of Giles have manumitted emancipated and set free a negro woman slave named Amy who was sold and delivered to me by Edward Johnston of the County of Giles, and I hereby declare her the said Amy to be entirely liberated from slavery, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is my power to invest her. She the said Amy is a woman of dark complexion, about five high and about fifty nine years old. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal the 1stday of September 1845.Thomas Beasley (seal)Virginia: In the County Court of Giles, September 22nd1845.This deed of emancipation from Thomas Beasley a free man of color to Amy was presented to me by the said Beasley, acknowledged and admitted to record.Teste,R.A. French C.

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