1798 - Billingsly to Tom Butter - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/02/1798
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Zachariah Billingsley of the parish of Berkely in the County of Spotsylvania (for divers good causes me hereunto moving) do hereby emancipate and set free my negro man slave Tom commonly called Tom Butter, aged about thirty four years. Witness my hand and seal this second day of January 1798.
Teste Zachariah Billingsley (seal)
Tureman Lewis
John A. Billingsley
At a court held for Spotsylvania County January 2nd 1798
This deed of emancipation from Zachariah Billingsley to his slave called Tom Butter was proved by the oaths of the two witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Teste Zachariah Billingsley (seal)
Tureman Lewis
John A. Billingsley
At a court held for Spotsylvania County January 2nd 1798
This deed of emancipation from Zachariah Billingsley to his slave called Tom Butter was proved by the oaths of the two witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Record Location
DB P:38
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1798 - Billingsly to Tom Butter - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2377.