1835 - Hudgin to Jane Luck - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/03/1835
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Robert Hudgen of the County of Caroline in the State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and set free a negro girl slave named Jane Luck aged seven years of very light complexion & straight dark hair, slender make and hereby declare her the said Jane Luck to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to vest her. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 1st day of March 1835.
Acknowledged before Rob’t Hudgen (seal)
us teste
Tho. H. Botts
Jno L. Marye
At a court continued and held for Spotsylvania County the 3rd day of November 1835
This letter of emancipation from Robert Hudgen to Jane Luck was proved by the oaths of the two witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Theril Fowler C.C.
Acknowledged before Rob’t Hudgen (seal)
us teste
Tho. H. Botts
Jno L. Marye
At a court continued and held for Spotsylvania County the 3rd day of November 1835
This letter of emancipation from Robert Hudgen to Jane Luck was proved by the oaths of the two witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Theril Fowler C.C.
Record Location
DB FF:215
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1835 - Hudgin to Jane Luck - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 14, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2409.