1801 - Rootes to Charles Delaney - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
06/02/1801
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all whom it may concern that I Thomas R. Rootes do by these presents manumit and set free my negro man slave known by the name of Charles Delaney as witness my hand and seal this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
Tho’s R. Rootes (seal)
At a court held for Spotsylvania County June 2nd 1801
This letter of emancipation was acknowledged by the said Thomas R. Rootes and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d & delivered Charles Teste, JN Chew C.S.C.
Delaney [illegible]
Tho’s R. Rootes (seal)
At a court held for Spotsylvania County June 2nd 1801
This letter of emancipation was acknowledged by the said Thomas R. Rootes and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d & delivered Charles Teste, JN Chew C.S.C.
Delaney [illegible]
Record Location
DB P:386
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1801 - Rootes to Charles Delaney - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2383.