1846 - Dade to Sara Phillips - Prince William Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
05/23/1846
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Lucian Dade of the County of Prince William, State of Virginia, have manumitted, emancipated, and set free Sarah Phillips, and I do hereby declare her the said Sarah Phillips to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to invest her. She the said Sarah Phillips hereby emancipated is a woman of dark brown complexion, five feet 3 ½ in. high and is about sixty two years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of May 1846.
Susan Dade (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court May 23rd 1846.
This deed of emancipation from Lucian Dade to Sarah Phillips was acknowledged by said Dade to be his act and deed and admitted to record.
Teste, J. Williams C.C.
Susan Dade (seal)
In the Clerk’s Office of Prince William County Court May 23rd 1846.
This deed of emancipation from Lucian Dade to Sarah Phillips was acknowledged by said Dade to be his act and deed and admitted to record.
Teste, J. Williams C.C.
Record Location
DB 19:172
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1846 - Dade to Sara Phillips - Prince William Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 12, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2914.