1785 - Jordan to Polly - Chesterfield Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/25/1785
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
My will and desire is to give unto my daughter [illegible] one negro boy by the name of Randal and the mother to work about and half what she earns to give to my daughter until she marries, and then the said negro woman by the name of Polly to be to herself; my desire is to give to my daughter one bed and furniture, one chest one looking glass, one trunk to her and her heirs forever; the rest of my goods and chattler to be sold for my said daughter my other two daughters Sally Lee and Elibeth Lee I leave them both one shilling sterling hereto I set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
Tested, Lucy Jordan (seal)
Jane Puller
Tested, Lucy Jordan (seal)
Jane Puller
Record Location
WB 3:510
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
Files
Collection
Citation
“1785 - Jordan to Polly - Chesterfield Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 5, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2049.
