1808 - Long to William - Shenandoah Co, VA

1808 - Long to William - Shenandoah Co, VA

12/13/1808

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Know all men by these presents that I Nimrod Long of the County of Shenandoah & State of Virginia do for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars to me in hand paid by Christian Miller Jr. of the same county & state have granted and hired to the said Christian Miller Jr. a mulatto boy named William, the son of Cuba dec’d for and during the full end term of fifteen years fully to be concluded & ended, he the said Miller finding the said boy all [?necessarys?] and at the expiration of said term I do by these presents hereby declare the said mulatto boy free and emancipated and the said Christian Miller Jr. shall do all necessary acts to set the said mulatto boy free and I do by these presents for my heirs & assigus hereby emancipate, set free, and liberate the said boy at the expiration of his servitude aforesaid. Witness my hand & seal this 13th day of December 1808.
Signed, sealed & delivered Nimrod Long (seal)
in the presence of

At a court continued & held for the County of Shenandoah on Tuesday the 13th day of December 1808. This bill of sale from Nimrod Long to Christian Miller Jr. was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, P. Williams C.S.C.

DB Q:391

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