1789 - Parsons to Ned - Northampton Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
12/09/1789
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Parsons of the County of Northampton & State of Virginia for divers good causes & considerations, me hereunto moving, and more particularly for and in consideration of faithful service rendered to me by my negro man slave named old Ned, have by virtue of the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, in that case made and provided and do by these presents manumit, liberate, and set free my said negro man slave named old Ned. And I do by these presents for me and my heirs warrant & defend the liberty of the said negro man slave against me and my heirs, and against all persons claiming under me or them. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this ninth day of December Anno Domini 1789.
Signed, sealed, & delivered Tho’s Parsons (seal)
in the presence of
At a court held for Northampton County the 9th day of December 1789. This deed of emancipation was acknowledged by Thomas Parsons party thereto to be his act and deed & ordered to be recorded.
Test, William Stith C.N.C.
Ex’d
Signed, sealed, & delivered Tho’s Parsons (seal)
in the presence of
At a court held for Northampton County the 9th day of December 1789. This deed of emancipation was acknowledged by Thomas Parsons party thereto to be his act and deed & ordered to be recorded.
Test, William Stith C.N.C.
Ex’d
Record Location
DC 22:334
Document Type
Deed
Notes
Cites 1782 law
Files
Collection
Citation
“1789 - Parsons to Ned - Northampton Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 17, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3196.