1792 - King to Peter - Princess Anne Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/07/1793
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Being Consous of the Impropriety of
holding our Fellow Creatur in Slaverry, I do hereby
Emansipate one Negro called Peter, aged four Years Olde _
to go out, and be Free when he Arives to the Age of
Twenty one Years, which will be in October, one Thousand
Eight Hundred and Nine, as Witness hereunto I have
set my Hand and Seal this the 7.th Day of January 1793.
Joel King ... {Seal}
At a Court held for Princess Anne County the 7th day of January 1793,
The above Deed of Emancipation from Joel King to his Negro,
called Peter, was Acknowledged by the said Joel King and
at his Request is Ordered to be Recorded, _______
. Test,
, E. H. Moseley Clk,
holding our Fellow Creatur in Slaverry, I do hereby
Emansipate one Negro called Peter, aged four Years Olde _
to go out, and be Free when he Arives to the Age of
Twenty one Years, which will be in October, one Thousand
Eight Hundred and Nine, as Witness hereunto I have
set my Hand and Seal this the 7.th Day of January 1793.
Joel King ... {Seal}
At a Court held for Princess Anne County the 7th day of January 1793,
The above Deed of Emancipation from Joel King to his Negro,
called Peter, was Acknowledged by the said Joel King and
at his Request is Ordered to be Recorded, _______
. Test,
, E. H. Moseley Clk,
Record Location
DB 23:39
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1792 - King to Peter - Princess Anne Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2809.