1827 - Payne to Joe - Lancaster Co, VA

1827 - Payne to Joe - Lancaster Co, VA

05/22/1827

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Know all men by these presents that I, Richard Payne of the County of Lancaster have this day emancipated my negro fellow Joe Commonly Called “Cook Joe” for good and lawfull consideration, and I do hereby release and discharge, the Said Joe from all claim which I now have or have had upon his person or property, and I do warrant and defend his right to freedom from the claim or claims of every person or persons claiming by or through me, as witness my hand and Seal this Seventh day of April 1827
Signed, Sealed in presence of us Richard Payne {Seal}
W. H. Dandridge
B. Waddey
At a Court held for the County of Lancaster on the 22nd day of May 1827.
This Instrument of writing from Richard Payne to Cook Joe was acknowledged in open Court by the Said Payne and Ordered to be recorded
Teste,
Benjamin M. Walker Cl

DB 33:164

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