1839 - Carpenter to Annett - Lancaster Co, VA
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Date
11/18/1839
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
4
Text of Freedom Document
In the Name of God Amen, I William G. Carpenter of the County of Lancaster and State of Virginia Knowing the shortness and uncertainty of this Moral life, being in health of Sound mind memory & c. Thanks be to Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and Testament as follows Viz:_
First, I give and bequeath my immortal soul To God who gave it in hopes of a glorious resurrection after death _
Secondly_ I do hereby set free and emancipate my servant woman Annett and her three children Mana, Rebecca, and Julia Ann Piny and all her future increase forever _
Thirdly, I give to my servant woman Annett Forty Dollars to be raised out of the sales of my perishable property or otherwise and my best Snow Ball counterpans[?] To assist and [illegible] her expenses To a free state or to Liberia as she prefers_
Fourthly, I lend to my daughter Ann Thrall after all my just debts are paid (which thank God is very Small) all the balance of my estate both real and personal of whatsoever Kind There my be for and during her natural life and should she have a child or children lawfully be gotten of her body Then in that case I give it together with the increase of the [illegible] to be equally divided among her said children To Them and Their heirs forever iin Manner and form as follows viz:
It is my desire that her eldest son if any if no Son her eldest daughter shall inherit my plantations that I now cultivate together with all other lands that I may be possessed with at the time of my death and the rest of my estate Together with the negroes and increase be equally divided between all her children, after her death_
It is also my wish and desire that if my Daugher Ann Thrall should attempt to waist, destroy, or sell or in any manner make way with the negroes or increase of the same or of any property what I have loaned her in the fourth Clause of this my last will it is my earnest wish and desire and I do hereby authorize my administrator or my next friend whom I shall hereafter name to take from and disposes my said daughter of all the negroes and (increase) increase thereof and lease them out to or at good homes where they will be well treated and taken care of, and the profits arising therefrom to be given to her yearly for here and her childrens Benefit_ Should it please God for my daughter Ann Thrall to die without an heir or heirs lawfully begotten of her body, In This case it is my will and desire that the negroes that I loaned her in the fourth clause of This my will and Their increase to be free forever from slavery and that my administrator or next friend put them under the Control of the state Government or United States Government to be transported to Liberia and it is my further wish and desire that all my lands be sold and equally divided between them for their support and to defray their expenses. _ Fifthly I do hereby nominate and appoint my friend Samuel C. Tapscott, Albert S. Willis and Joseph A Carter or either of them or my next friend or administrator as they choose and should my friend Mr. Samuel C. Tapscott Thing proper to administer or be my next friend him nor his securities nor either of them shall be responsible for any Thing They or him may do ignorantly. Sixthly I give to my next friend or admor. fifteen dollars to be paid to him out of the hire of the negroes for the first year after my death for his trouble in having this will proved in Court in hopes he will use all his diligence To do so _ Seventhly it is my wish & desire that my remains may be put in a decent pine coffin and rest in the earth on the south side of the grave of my last wife in the Burying ground on my land. In Testimony hereof I do hereby fix my hand This 23rd February 1836.
Signed & acknowledged, William C. Carpenter
in the presence of us.
John C. [his x mark] Warwick
Robt. J. Mitchell
Richd. B. Mitchell
Washington Haynie
At a Court held for the county of Lancaster on the 18th day of November 1839. This last will and Testament of Willam C. Carpenter decd: was proved by the oaths of Robert J. Mitchell and Washington Haynie Two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded _ .
Teste, Benjamin M. Walker ~ cl
First, I give and bequeath my immortal soul To God who gave it in hopes of a glorious resurrection after death _
Secondly_ I do hereby set free and emancipate my servant woman Annett and her three children Mana, Rebecca, and Julia Ann Piny and all her future increase forever _
Thirdly, I give to my servant woman Annett Forty Dollars to be raised out of the sales of my perishable property or otherwise and my best Snow Ball counterpans[?] To assist and [illegible] her expenses To a free state or to Liberia as she prefers_
Fourthly, I lend to my daughter Ann Thrall after all my just debts are paid (which thank God is very Small) all the balance of my estate both real and personal of whatsoever Kind There my be for and during her natural life and should she have a child or children lawfully be gotten of her body Then in that case I give it together with the increase of the [illegible] to be equally divided among her said children To Them and Their heirs forever iin Manner and form as follows viz:
It is my desire that her eldest son if any if no Son her eldest daughter shall inherit my plantations that I now cultivate together with all other lands that I may be possessed with at the time of my death and the rest of my estate Together with the negroes and increase be equally divided between all her children, after her death_
It is also my wish and desire that if my Daugher Ann Thrall should attempt to waist, destroy, or sell or in any manner make way with the negroes or increase of the same or of any property what I have loaned her in the fourth Clause of this my last will it is my earnest wish and desire and I do hereby authorize my administrator or my next friend whom I shall hereafter name to take from and disposes my said daughter of all the negroes and (increase) increase thereof and lease them out to or at good homes where they will be well treated and taken care of, and the profits arising therefrom to be given to her yearly for here and her childrens Benefit_ Should it please God for my daughter Ann Thrall to die without an heir or heirs lawfully begotten of her body, In This case it is my will and desire that the negroes that I loaned her in the fourth clause of This my will and Their increase to be free forever from slavery and that my administrator or next friend put them under the Control of the state Government or United States Government to be transported to Liberia and it is my further wish and desire that all my lands be sold and equally divided between them for their support and to defray their expenses. _ Fifthly I do hereby nominate and appoint my friend Samuel C. Tapscott, Albert S. Willis and Joseph A Carter or either of them or my next friend or administrator as they choose and should my friend Mr. Samuel C. Tapscott Thing proper to administer or be my next friend him nor his securities nor either of them shall be responsible for any Thing They or him may do ignorantly. Sixthly I give to my next friend or admor. fifteen dollars to be paid to him out of the hire of the negroes for the first year after my death for his trouble in having this will proved in Court in hopes he will use all his diligence To do so _ Seventhly it is my wish & desire that my remains may be put in a decent pine coffin and rest in the earth on the south side of the grave of my last wife in the Burying ground on my land. In Testimony hereof I do hereby fix my hand This 23rd February 1836.
Signed & acknowledged, William C. Carpenter
in the presence of us.
John C. [his x mark] Warwick
Robt. J. Mitchell
Richd. B. Mitchell
Washington Haynie
At a Court held for the county of Lancaster on the 18th day of November 1839. This last will and Testament of Willam C. Carpenter decd: was proved by the oaths of Robert J. Mitchell and Washington Haynie Two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded _ .
Teste, Benjamin M. Walker ~ cl
Record Location
WB 28:359
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
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Citation
“1839 - Carpenter to Annett - Lancaster Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 11, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2600.