1799 - Newton to Betty - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/03/1799
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
This is to certify that my desire is for my negro woman Betty to be free after living with my niece [?Henry?] Newton as long as she shall think proper, and to serve no person only then she may choose.
Teste, James Newton
Henry Newton
At a court held for Spotsylvania County September the 3rd 1799
This letter of emancipation from James Newton dec’d to his slave Betty was produced to the court & the witnesses thereto having disposed that he wrote the same and subscribed the name thereto & at the request of the said James Newton, it is admitted to record.
Examined & delivered Teste,
Betty Jn Chew C.S.C.
Teste, James Newton
Henry Newton
At a court held for Spotsylvania County September the 3rd 1799
This letter of emancipation from James Newton dec’d to his slave Betty was produced to the court & the witnesses thereto having disposed that he wrote the same and subscribed the name thereto & at the request of the said James Newton, it is admitted to record.
Examined & delivered Teste,
Betty Jn Chew C.S.C.
Record Location
DB P:198
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1799 - Newton to Betty - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 22, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2379.