1792 - Carter to Nathaniel, et al - Westmoreland Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
02/28/1792
Manumitter
Number of Persons
15
Text of Freedom Document
Whereas the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia did in the year 1782 enact a law entitled “An Act to Authorize the Manumission of Slaves”, know all men by these presents that I Robert Carter of Nomony Hall in the County of Westmoreland do under the said act for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators emancipate and forever set free from slavery the following negroes viz. Nathaniel Kenardy, James Reid, George Cooper, William Dickson, Thomas Johnson, Daniel Wilson, James Henry, Jesse Johnson, Thomas Walker, Jeremiah Johnson, Primus Johnson, Dinah Cary, Polly Wells, Barbara Newman, and Gabriel Johnson. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this second day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety two.
Sealed, signed, and Rob’t Carter (seal)
delivered in presence of
Benj’n Dawson
Jn Jas Maund
At a court of quarterly sessions held for Westmoreland County the 28th day of February 1792. This deed of manumission was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Dawson and John James Maund the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste Ja. Bland CWC
Sealed, signed, and Rob’t Carter (seal)
delivered in presence of
Benj’n Dawson
Jn Jas Maund
At a court of quarterly sessions held for Westmoreland County the 28th day of February 1792. This deed of manumission was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Dawson and John James Maund the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste Ja. Bland CWC
Record Location
DWB 18:213
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1792 - Carter to Nathaniel, et al - Westmoreland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 17, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2922.