1795 - Thornton to Priscilla - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
08/04/1795
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Self Purchase Amount
L60
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Charles Thornton for and in consideration of the sum of sixty pounds current money of Virginia to me in hand paid by Larkin Stanard for and in behalf of John Wheeler do by these presents emancipate and set free a negro woman slave named Priscilla being the same which I purchased of Henry Fitzhugh who purchased her of Benjamin Hyde who purchased her of John F. Mercer who brought the said slave from the state of Maryland. And I do hereby absolve & discharge the said woman slave from all rights or services which I may ever heretofore have been entitled to from her or any her future increase or issue. In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this fourth day of August 1795.
Cha’s Thornton (seal)
At a court held for Spotsylvania County the 4th day of August 1795. This writing for the emancipation of Priscilla a negro woman slave was acknowledged by Charles Thorton and ordered to be recorded.
Tester
Cha’s Thornton (seal)
At a court held for Spotsylvania County the 4th day of August 1795. This writing for the emancipation of Priscilla a negro woman slave was acknowledged by Charles Thorton and ordered to be recorded.
Tester
Record Location
DB O:137-138
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1795 - Thornton to Priscilla - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 22, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2375.