1820 - Skidmore to Swan & Sally - Lee Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/08/1820
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
Whereas I John Skidmore being the owner of a negro man slave name Swan aged about fifty seven years or thereabouts & also of the said Swan’s wife named Sally Hamilton aged forty years or there abouts and being now for acts of extraordinary merit of the said Swan, willing & desirous that the said Slaves Swan & Sally should from henceforth enjoy freedom as far-fourth as the Laws of Virginia will allow, do by these presents give and grant to the said Swan & Sally their freedom as aforesaid & to the future increase of the said Sally freedom also if any she may have, And hereby quit all manner of claim interest & title in & to the said Slaves Swan & Sally & the future increase of the said Sally forever in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 8th day of September in the year of our Lord 1820.
John Skidmore {Seal}
Witness,
John S. McFarland
Clairborne Anderson
John Skidmore {Seal}
Witness,
John S. McFarland
Clairborne Anderson
Record Location
DB 4:1
Document Type
Deed
Notes
Swan was rewarded with his freedom (along with his wife) after apparently fending off an Indian attack
Files
Collection
Citation
“1820 - Skidmore to Swan & Sally - Lee Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1936.