1793 - Bridgewater, et al to William - Chesterfield Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1793 - Bridgewater, et al to William - Chesterfield Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

01/22/1793

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Bridgwater Reuben Winfree and John Baker of Chesterfield County do believe that all men by nature are equally free and from a clear conviction of the injustice and criminality of depriving our fellow creatures of their natural right do hereby emancipate or set free the following man viz.
William February 22………………………………………….. 1793
We do hereby relinquish all right title and claim to the said man after he arrives to the date above mentioned. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty second of January 1793.
Thomas Bridgwater Jr. Tho. Bridgwater (seal)
Henry Bridgwater Reuben Winfree (seal)
John Baker (seal)

Record Location

DB 13:201

Document Type

Deed

Files

1793_Chesterfield_Winfree_DB13_201.jpg

Citation

“1793 - Bridgewater, et al to William - Chesterfield Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed April 26, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2062.