1822 - Wilson to Strother - Bath Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1822 - Wilson to Strother - Bath Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

01/05/1822

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I Barbara Wilson of the County of Bath and Commonwealth of Virginia being upon principle opposed to holding any person in slavery and for other good causes and considerations me thereunto moving have liberated, emancipated and forever quit claim and by these presents liberate, emancipate and forever quit claim to and discharge from my service my white slave named Strother aged about twenty three years and do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators forever to release and discharge from my own or their service the white man Strother. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 5 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Signed, sealed and Barbara Wilson (seal)
delivered in presence of
Test
R Bratton
B Potts
B Eagle

Commonwealth of Virginia
Bath County Court January Term 1822
This deed of emancipation from Barbara Wilson to her slave Strother was proved in court by Robert Bratton and Benjamin Eagle two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Ch’s L Franscisco Clk

Record Location

WB 2:407

Document Type

Deed

Files

1821_Bath_Wilson slaves (multiple indiv deeds)_WB 2_406-407.jpg

Citation

“1822 - Wilson to Strother - Bath Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2021.