1844 - Robertson to Eliza - Washington Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/25/1844
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I hereby wholly emancipate and set free Eliza sometimes
called Eliza Philips (in pursuance of the wishes of her late
master F. Smith dec’d) from this time forever – Witness my
hand and seal this 13th day of November 1844.
Wyndham Robertson {seal}
Teste:
Jacob Lynch
Connally F. Trigg
At a court held for Washington County the 25th day of
November 1844.
This Deed of Emancipation from Wyndham Robertson
To his slave Eliza alias Eliza Philips was proved in Court
by the oaths of Jacob Lynch and Connally F. Trigg the witnesses
thereto to be the act and deed of said Robertson and ordered to be recorded.
Teste:
R. H. Lynch D.C.
called Eliza Philips (in pursuance of the wishes of her late
master F. Smith dec’d) from this time forever – Witness my
hand and seal this 13th day of November 1844.
Wyndham Robertson {seal}
Teste:
Jacob Lynch
Connally F. Trigg
At a court held for Washington County the 25th day of
November 1844.
This Deed of Emancipation from Wyndham Robertson
To his slave Eliza alias Eliza Philips was proved in Court
by the oaths of Jacob Lynch and Connally F. Trigg the witnesses
thereto to be the act and deed of said Robertson and ordered to be recorded.
Teste:
R. H. Lynch D.C.
Record Location
WB 9:370
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1844 - Robertson to Eliza - Washington Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2700.
