1849 - Warren to Isham - Surry Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
08/24/1849
Manumitter
Number of Persons
15
Text of Freedom Document
I Dawson Warren of the County of Surry and State of Virginia do make and ordain this my last will and testament.
I give to Rebecca Ann Jones fifteen hundred dollars in cash to her and her heirs forever.
I desire that my servant Lewis and his wife Barbara and their seven children to wit: Lucy, Ann, Jim, Pocahontas, Solomon, Anaky, Elizabeth, and Lewis should have their freedom if they wish it and should so decide after having time fully to consult and think about it, and if they should so determine ( I mean that Lewis and Barbara shall decide for their children) I give to Jeremiah Delk eight hundred dollars in cash in lieu of Lucy Ann and Solomon who he now owns, and I give him also three hundred and fifty dollars for his right in Barbara and her three youngest children. I also offer to my servant Isham his freedom, and to each of said negroes preferring their emancipation, I give one hundred dollars to enable them to go to some free state or to Liberia. If after having full time to consider the subject and consult disinterested persons, they should prefer to remain as they are, I give to them my sister’s children unless they should desire to choose their own masters, which privilege I wish them to have, and in that case I give to said children the proceeds of their sale.
I give to Peter, Tempy, Amelia Ann, Virginia and Rufus each ten dollars, and should desire such of them as belong to me to have their freedom also if they could do any thing for themselves.
My land and five hundred dollars I give to my sister.
I give to Joseph Holloway one hundred dollars, and to Eliza Carlson and her sister Elizabeth each fifty dollars.
The balance of my estate of every description I give to my sister’s children to be equally divided among them.
I nominate and appoint Jeremiah Delk my executor.
May 12 1848 Dawson Warren
I also give to Martha Tempy’s child ten dollars.
Dawson Warren
I give to James C. Bell one hundred dollars.
June 1st 1849 Dawson Warren
In Surry County Court 24th August 1849
This writing purporting the last will and testament of Dawson Warren, deceased, was this day produced in court by Jeremiah Delk the executor therein named, and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, William P. Underwood, Edwin White, and William M. West were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testators handwriting and verily believe the said writing and the name thereto subscribed together with the several additions thereto, to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand, whereupon the said writing is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of Dawson Warren, deceased. And on the motion of Jeremiah Delk the only executor therein named, who made oath thereto, and together with Watson White and Peyton A.B. Delk his securities (who were sworn as to their sufficiency) entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penal sum of twenty two thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted the said Jeremiah Delk for obtaining a probate of said will in due form.
Teste, Wm. P. Underwood CC
Examined
I give to Rebecca Ann Jones fifteen hundred dollars in cash to her and her heirs forever.
I desire that my servant Lewis and his wife Barbara and their seven children to wit: Lucy, Ann, Jim, Pocahontas, Solomon, Anaky, Elizabeth, and Lewis should have their freedom if they wish it and should so decide after having time fully to consult and think about it, and if they should so determine ( I mean that Lewis and Barbara shall decide for their children) I give to Jeremiah Delk eight hundred dollars in cash in lieu of Lucy Ann and Solomon who he now owns, and I give him also three hundred and fifty dollars for his right in Barbara and her three youngest children. I also offer to my servant Isham his freedom, and to each of said negroes preferring their emancipation, I give one hundred dollars to enable them to go to some free state or to Liberia. If after having full time to consider the subject and consult disinterested persons, they should prefer to remain as they are, I give to them my sister’s children unless they should desire to choose their own masters, which privilege I wish them to have, and in that case I give to said children the proceeds of their sale.
I give to Peter, Tempy, Amelia Ann, Virginia and Rufus each ten dollars, and should desire such of them as belong to me to have their freedom also if they could do any thing for themselves.
My land and five hundred dollars I give to my sister.
I give to Joseph Holloway one hundred dollars, and to Eliza Carlson and her sister Elizabeth each fifty dollars.
The balance of my estate of every description I give to my sister’s children to be equally divided among them.
I nominate and appoint Jeremiah Delk my executor.
May 12 1848 Dawson Warren
I also give to Martha Tempy’s child ten dollars.
Dawson Warren
I give to James C. Bell one hundred dollars.
June 1st 1849 Dawson Warren
In Surry County Court 24th August 1849
This writing purporting the last will and testament of Dawson Warren, deceased, was this day produced in court by Jeremiah Delk the executor therein named, and there being no subscribing witnesses thereto, William P. Underwood, Edwin White, and William M. West were sworn and severally deposed that they are well acquainted with the testators handwriting and verily believe the said writing and the name thereto subscribed together with the several additions thereto, to be wholly written by the testator’s own hand, whereupon the said writing is ordered to be recorded as the true last will and testament of Dawson Warren, deceased. And on the motion of Jeremiah Delk the only executor therein named, who made oath thereto, and together with Watson White and Peyton A.B. Delk his securities (who were sworn as to their sufficiency) entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penal sum of twenty two thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs. Certificate is granted the said Jeremiah Delk for obtaining a probate of said will in due form.
Teste, Wm. P. Underwood CC
Examined
Record Location
WB 9:356
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
Notes
unclear if all named individuals chose to accept manumission and or left the state
Files
Collection
Citation
“1849 - Warren to Isham - Surry Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 7, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2501.