1794 - Carter to Thomas, et al - Westmoreland Co, VA
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Date
06/24/1794
Manumitter
Number of Persons
23
Text of Freedom Document
Whereas the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia did in the year 1732 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, administrators emancipate and forever set free from slavery the following negroes that is say, Thomas Weldon, Henry Johnson, Samuel Jones, Abraham Hubbard, Oliver Robertson John Allen, James Newman, Nelson Jones, George Jones, Guy Johnson, Nancy Richardson, Barbara Johnson, Henny Dickson, Patty Johnson, Sarah Wells, Betsy Reid, Caty Williams, Sarah Thomas, Franky Thompson, Frankey Johnson, Patty Gaskins, Armistead Wells, and Dorcas Johnson.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety four.
Signed, sealed, and delivered Robert Carter (seal)
in presence of
Benj. Dawson
W.S. Thompson
John Yeatman
T.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 oaths of Benjamin Dawson and H.G. Christian two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. The court having examined the within named negroes arguable to the within mentioned act are of opinion they are above the age of twenty one years and eighteen (except Oliver Robertson and James Newman) who are above the age of forty five years, and Guy Johnson and Patty Gaskins who are infirm, and under the age of forty five, that they are of sound mind and bodies and to be certified accordingly.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
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, administrators emancipate and forever set free from slavery the following negroes that is say, Thomas Weldon, Henry Johnson, Samuel Jones, Abraham Hubbard, Oliver Robertson John Allen, James Newman, Nelson Jones, George Jones, Guy Johnson, Nancy Richardson, Barbara Johnson, Henny Dickson, Patty Johnson, Sarah Wells, Betsy Reid, Caty Williams, Sarah Thomas, Franky Thompson, Frankey Johnson, Patty Gaskins, Armistead Wells, and Dorcas Johnson.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety four.
Signed, sealed, and delivered Robert Carter (seal)
in presence of
Benj. Dawson
W.S. Thompson
John Yeatman
T.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 oaths of Benjamin Dawson and H.G. Christian two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. The court having examined the within named negroes arguable to the within mentioned act are of opinion they are above the age of twenty one years and eighteen (except Oliver Robertson and James Newman) who are above the age of forty five years, and Guy Johnson and Patty Gaskins who are infirm, and under the age of forty five, that they are of sound mind and bodies and to be certified accordingly.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
Record Location
PRIB 7:192
Document Type
Deed
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Citation
“1794 - Carter to Thomas, et al - Westmoreland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2931.