1785 - Jordan to Polly - Chesterfield Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1785 - Jordan to Polly - Chesterfield Co, VA

Date

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

Record Location

WB 3:510

Document Type

Last Will & Testament

Files

Citation

“1785 - Jordan to Polly - Chesterfield Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 5, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2049.