1844 - Robertson to Susanna - Washington Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/25/1844
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents, that I Wyndham
Robertson of the county of Washington & state of Virginia
do hereby (in pursuance of the wishes of her late master
Francis Smith dec’d) wholly emancipate and set free
my slave Susanna from this time forever—as witness
my hand and seal this first day of November 1844.
Wyndham Robertson (seal)
Teste
Jacob Lynch
R. H. Lynch
At a court held for Washington County the 25th day of
November 1844.
This Deed of Emancipation from Wyndham Robertson
to his slave Susanna was proved in court by the oaths
of Jack Lynch and Richard H Lynch the witnesses thereto to be the act and deed of said Robertson and ordered to be recorded
Teste
R H Lynch D.C
Robertson of the county of Washington & state of Virginia
do hereby (in pursuance of the wishes of her late master
Francis Smith dec’d) wholly emancipate and set free
my slave Susanna from this time forever—as witness
my hand and seal this first day of November 1844.
Wyndham Robertson (seal)
Teste
Jacob Lynch
R. H. Lynch
At a court held for Washington County the 25th day of
November 1844.
This Deed of Emancipation from Wyndham Robertson
to his slave Susanna was proved in court by the oaths
of Jack Lynch and Richard H Lynch 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 Susanna - Washington Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2701.