1794 - Carter to sundry slaves - Westmoreland Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
06/24/1794
Manumitter
Number of Persons
13
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, and the said Robert Carter doth herein admit that the following negroes are over and above the age of forty five years, that is to say: Sam Bruters, William Robinson, Hannah Robinson, George Harris, Rachel Harris, George Johnson, Mary Henry, William Pike, Rebekah James, Sarah Daily, Lucy Adams, Molly Peterson, Rachel Montgomery.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety four.
Signed, sealed and delivered Rob’t Carter (seal)
in the presence of
Benj Dawson
W.S. Thompson
John Yeatman
John T. Carter
Benedict Crabb
James Courtney
H. G. Christian
At a court held for Westmoreland County the 24th day of June 1794. This deed of manumission was proved according to law by the oath of Benedict Crabb, a witness thereto and the same having been proved in April last by the oath of Benjamin Dawson another witness thereto is ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste Ja. Bland CWC
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety four.
Signed, sealed and delivered Rob’t Carter (seal)
in the presence of
Benj Dawson
W.S. Thompson
John Yeatman
John T. Carter
Benedict Crabb
James Courtney
H. G. Christian
At a court held for Westmoreland County the 24th day of June 1794. This deed of manumission was proved according to law by the oath of Benedict Crabb, a witness thereto and the same having been proved in April last by the oath of Benjamin Dawson another witness thereto is ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste Ja. Bland CWC
Record Location
PRIB 7:190
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1794 - Carter to sundry slaves - Westmoreland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed October 13, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2930.