1837 - Vaughn to Henrietta - Southampton Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
06/19/1837
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Henry B Vaughan of the County of Southampton & State of
Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and Set free, & by these presents do manumit emancipate & Set free
a negro woman Slave named Henrietta and I hereby declare her the Said Henrietta to be entirely liberated
from Slavery and entitled to the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to vest her,
She the Said Henrietta hereby emancipated is a woman of very bright or yellow complexion, or a mulatto, about five
feet six or seven inches high, and will be seventeen years old on the 20th day of December next. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal this 15th day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty-
Seven - Henry B Vaughan (Seal)
Southampton County In the Clerk's Office the 15th day of June 1837 -
This Deed of Emancipation was acknowledged by Henry B Vaughan party thereto to be his act and
deed and admitted to record And at a Court held for the County aforesaid on the 19th day of June 1837 the Said
deed of Emancipation was entered upon the proceedings of the day
Teste L R Edwards Clk
Virginia have manumitted, emancipated and Set free, & by these presents do manumit emancipate & Set free
a negro woman Slave named Henrietta and I hereby declare her the Said Henrietta to be entirely liberated
from Slavery and entitled to the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to vest her,
She the Said Henrietta hereby emancipated is a woman of very bright or yellow complexion, or a mulatto, about five
feet six or seven inches high, and will be seventeen years old on the 20th day of December next. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal this 15th day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty-
Seven - Henry B Vaughan (Seal)
Southampton County In the Clerk's Office the 15th day of June 1837 -
This Deed of Emancipation was acknowledged by Henry B Vaughan party thereto to be his act and
deed and admitted to record And at a Court held for the County aforesaid on the 19th day of June 1837 the Said
deed of Emancipation was entered upon the proceedings of the day
Teste L R Edwards Clk
Record Location
DB 24:98
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1837 - Vaughn to Henrietta - Southampton Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed May 15, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3182.