1851 - Tidball Exors to Betsy & child - Winchester, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/32/1851
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Self Purchase Amount
$100
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas A. Tidball and James Marshall Executor of Josiah Tidball dec’d in pursuance of a bond executed by said Josiah Tidball dec’d in his lifetime dated the 7th day of September 1837 whereby he bound himself and his heirs to manumit or convey his servant Betsey and her child to such person as Samuel Williams (the husband of said Betsy) might direct on the payment of one hundred dollars by the said Daniel Williams to him the said Josiah Tidball and it appearing by an endorsement dated the 12th day of April 1838 on the back of a bond signed by the proper hand of said Josiah Tidball now dec’d that the balance in full of the written bond is paid by said Daniel to said Josiah Tidball and the said Daniel Williams having applied to us the above named executors of said Josiah Tidball dec’d to have said Betsy and her child conveyed by deed to him the said David Williams so as to enable him the said Daniel Williams to manumit, emancipate and set free the said Betsy and her child William and the children begotten by the said Daniel Williams and the said Betsy since and after the birth of the said child William.
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises and for the reasons apparent on the face of said bond dated the 7th day of September 1837 and by the endorsement dated the 12 day of April 1838 on the back of said bond and for the further consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid by the said Daniel Williams to said Executor the said Thomas A. Tidball and James Marshall Executor of Josiah Tidball dec’d have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto Daniel Williams, a certain mulatto woman named Betsy the wife of said Daniel and her child William and such children as may have been begotten by the said Daniel & Betsy after the birth of the child William. To have and to hold the said Betsy and her child William and such children as may have been born after the birth of the said child William unto him the said Daniel Williams her husband, hereby conveying only such title as is vested in us as Executors as aforesaid and whereas the said Daniel Williams wishes now to emancipate and set free the said Betsy so as to have her release in pursuance to the laws of Virginia. Therefore know all men by these presents that I Daniel Williams have manumitted, emancipated and set free and by these presents doth manumit emancipate and set free a mulatto woman named Betsy this day conveyed to me and I hereby declare her the said Betsy be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person.
In testimony whereof the said Executors and also the said Daniel Williams have hereunto set their hands and seals this 3rd day of January 1851.
T.A. Tidball (seal)
James Marshall (seal)
Executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d
Daniel Williams (seal)
State of Maryland
Baltimore City to wit
I James Buchanan a Justice of the Peace for the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland do certify that Daniel Williams whose name is signed to the foregoing bill of emancipation dated the 3rd day of January 1851 (emancipating Betsy a mulatto woman who appears to be conveyed to him by Thomas A. Tidball and James Marshall executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d) has acknowledged the same before me to my city and state aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 8th day of January 1851 (at Baltimore Maryland).
Ja’s Buchanan J.P.
Corporation of Winchester to wit
This bill of sale and deed of emancipation was acknowledged before me Clerk of the Corporation aforesaid on the 13th day of January 1851 by James Marshall one of the Executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d and on the 23rd day of said month & year by Tho. A. Tidball the other Executor of said Josiah Tidball dec’d and with the certificate of the certificate of the acknowledgment of Daniel Williams hereunto annexed the said bill of sale and deed of emancipation was admitted to record.
Wm L Bent
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises and for the reasons apparent on the face of said bond dated the 7th day of September 1837 and by the endorsement dated the 12 day of April 1838 on the back of said bond and for the further consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid by the said Daniel Williams to said Executor the said Thomas A. Tidball and James Marshall Executor of Josiah Tidball dec’d have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain and sell unto Daniel Williams, a certain mulatto woman named Betsy the wife of said Daniel and her child William and such children as may have been begotten by the said Daniel & Betsy after the birth of the child William. To have and to hold the said Betsy and her child William and such children as may have been born after the birth of the said child William unto him the said Daniel Williams her husband, hereby conveying only such title as is vested in us as Executors as aforesaid and whereas the said Daniel Williams wishes now to emancipate and set free the said Betsy so as to have her release in pursuance to the laws of Virginia. Therefore know all men by these presents that I Daniel Williams have manumitted, emancipated and set free and by these presents doth manumit emancipate and set free a mulatto woman named Betsy this day conveyed to me and I hereby declare her the said Betsy be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person.
In testimony whereof the said Executors and also the said Daniel Williams have hereunto set their hands and seals this 3rd day of January 1851.
T.A. Tidball (seal)
James Marshall (seal)
Executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d
Daniel Williams (seal)
State of Maryland
Baltimore City to wit
I James Buchanan a Justice of the Peace for the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland do certify that Daniel Williams whose name is signed to the foregoing bill of emancipation dated the 3rd day of January 1851 (emancipating Betsy a mulatto woman who appears to be conveyed to him by Thomas A. Tidball and James Marshall executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d) has acknowledged the same before me to my city and state aforesaid.
Given under my hand this 8th day of January 1851 (at Baltimore Maryland).
Ja’s Buchanan J.P.
Corporation of Winchester to wit
This bill of sale and deed of emancipation was acknowledged before me Clerk of the Corporation aforesaid on the 13th day of January 1851 by James Marshall one of the Executors of Josiah Tidball dec’d and on the 23rd day of said month & year by Tho. A. Tidball the other Executor of said Josiah Tidball dec’d and with the certificate of the certificate of the acknowledgment of Daniel Williams hereunto annexed the said bill of sale and deed of emancipation was admitted to record.
Wm L Bent
Record Location
DB 9:357
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1851 - Tidball Exors to Betsy & child - Winchester, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed November 13, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2123.