1842 - Robertson to slaves - Stafford Co, VA
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Date
11/14/1842
Manumitter
Manumitted
Text of Freedom Document
In the name of God Amen. I William W. Robertson of the County of Stafford and State of Virginia, do make this my last will & testament in manner & form following viz: After the payment of all my just debts & funeral expenses, I give my whole estate both real & personal to my loving & affectionate wife Eleanor, to her own use & disposal separate from the control of A. Husband. But nevertheless subject to the payment of the legacies and under the restrictions hereafter mentioned, to wit: It is my will that my Executors hereafter mentioned go into an immediate examination of my books & vouchers & report them to the Court according to law. My will is that the claim recorded in Pittsburg in my farms against my brother Thomas Robertson be given to his son John W. Robertson of Pittsburg whom his paying over to his cousin Morgan Roberton the sum of two hundred dollars without interest. My will is that all bonds & papers that may be found in my possession against my brother in law Joseph Wilson of the State of Ohio shall be null & void forever.
My will is that my house carpentering tools be given to John W. Latham of Ohio, grandson of my wife. My will if the laws of my country will so permit that my slaves be set free, the males at the age of twenty six years. My will is that my house & lots situated on Aquia at the death of my wife b given to her daughter Nancy.
Lastly I appoint my friends Colonel Briggs, Edward Waller and James W. Ford as my Executors to which I set my hand & seal this twenty second day of October eighteen hundred & forty two.
Test W.W. Robertson (seal)
Joseph Golatt
John W. Carter
Lewis Knight
Stafford County Court November the 14th 1842
The last will & testament of William W. Robertson dec’d was this day proved by the oaths of John W. Carter & Lewis Knight, two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Edw’d Waller, one of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto & entered into bond with security conditioned as the law directs, a certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste, W.N. Conway Cl. Cur.
My will is that my house carpentering tools be given to John W. Latham of Ohio, grandson of my wife. My will if the laws of my country will so permit that my slaves be set free, the males at the age of twenty six years. My will is that my house & lots situated on Aquia at the death of my wife b given to her daughter Nancy.
Lastly I appoint my friends Colonel Briggs, Edward Waller and James W. Ford as my Executors to which I set my hand & seal this twenty second day of October eighteen hundred & forty two.
Test W.W. Robertson (seal)
Joseph Golatt
John W. Carter
Lewis Knight
Stafford County Court November the 14th 1842
The last will & testament of William W. Robertson dec’d was this day proved by the oaths of John W. Carter & Lewis Knight, two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Edw’d Waller, one of the Executors therein named, who made oath thereto & entered into bond with security conditioned as the law directs, a certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste, W.N. Conway Cl. Cur.
Record Location
DB NN:60
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
Notes
further research needed to ascertain number and names of freed people, if they were in fact freed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1842 - Robertson to slaves - Stafford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 10, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2277.