1800 - Moring to Amy & Gray - Surry Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
04/22/1800
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
To whom all it may concern, know ye, that I Christopher S. Moring of Surry County do by these presents emancipate and set at full liberty from myself, my heirs and all persons claiming under me a certain slave named Amy, being about thirty one years of age to be free on this twenty second day of April eighteen hundred, likewise Gray, who is about two years old to be free at twenty one years of age in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the twenty second day of April eighteen hundred.
Signed in presence of Christopher S. Morings (seal)
Wm. Cocke
At a court held for Surry County April 22nd 1800
The within written deed of emancipation from Christopher S. Moring to negroes Amy and Gray was acknowledged by the said Christopher to be his act and deed, and was by the court ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Jacob Faulcon C.S.C.
Signed in presence of Christopher S. Morings (seal)
Wm. Cocke
At a court held for Surry County April 22nd 1800
The within written deed of emancipation from Christopher S. Moring to negroes Amy and Gray was acknowledged by the said Christopher to be his act and deed, and was by the court ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Jacob Faulcon C.S.C.
Record Location
DB 1:10
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1800 - Moring to Amy & Gray - Surry Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2460.