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.
Teste Wyndham Robertson (seal)
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 Susannah was approved in court by the oaths of Jacob 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.
Teste Wyndham Robertson (seal)
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 Susannah was approved in court by the oaths of Jacob 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 9:371
Document Type
Last Will & Testament
Files
Collection
Citation
“1844 - Robertson to Susanna - Washington Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2783.