1796 - Smither to Livinha & Nancy - Westmoreland Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
03/28/1796
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
I Ann Smither of the County of Westmoreland being of opinion that keeping persons in slavery is contrary to justice & the Christian religion, the author of which having taught us therefore whatsoever ye would that man should do unto you, do ye even so unto them, do hereby emancipate & forever set free from slavery Livinah Johnson of the age of fifteen & her child Nancy Johnson, an infant seven months old. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23rd day of March in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & ninety six.
Signed, sealed & declared Ann Smither (seal)
in presence of
Benj’n Dawson
J.W. Wright
At a court held for Westmoreland County the 28th day of March 1796
This deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Dawson and J.W. Wright, the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
Signed, sealed & declared Ann Smither (seal)
in presence of
Benj’n Dawson
J.W. Wright
At a court held for Westmoreland County the 28th day of March 1796
This deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Dawson and J.W. Wright, the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Exam’d Teste, Ja. Bland CWC
Record Location
PRIB 7:387
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1796 - Smither to Livinha & Nancy - Westmoreland Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2933.