1794 - Dawson to Jackson - Westmoreland Co, Va
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
04/30/1794
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I Benjamin Dawson of Westmoreland County being fully of opinion that hereditary slavery is repugnant to the law of nature, and the precepts of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who teaches “Therefore, whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so unto them”, therefore I do hereby emancipate and forever set free from slavery Moses Jackson. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty ninth day of October in the year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred and ninety three.
Benj. Dawson (seal)
At a court continued and held for Westmoreland County the 30th day of April 1794.
This deed of manumission was acknowledged by Benjamin Dawson and ordered to be recorded, the court having examined the within named Moses Jackson are of opinion that the said Moses is above the age of twenty one years and under the age of forty five years, that he is of sound mind and body and to be certified accordingly.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
Benj. Dawson (seal)
At a court continued and held for Westmoreland County the 30th day of April 1794.
This deed of manumission was acknowledged by Benjamin Dawson and ordered to be recorded, the court having examined the within named Moses Jackson are of opinion that the said Moses is above the age of twenty one years and under the age of forty five years, that he is of sound mind and body and to be certified accordingly.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
Record Location
PRIB 7:784
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1794 - Dawson to Jackson - Westmoreland Co, Va,” Manumission Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2932.