1789 - Barlow to Ned - Northampton Co, VA

1789 - Barlow to Ned - Northampton Co, VA

01/14/1789

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Know all men by these presents that I Betsey Barlow of the County of Northampton and State of Virginia for good cause and considerations, me hereunto moving, and by virtue of An Act of the General Assembly of Virginia passed in the year of our Lord 1782 entitled “an act to authorize the manumission of slaves” do hereby emancipate and set absolutely free the following negro slaves, to wit. Jacob and Sarah, to whom I give the names of Jacob Holland and Sarah Marnick, to be free and at their own liberty on the first day of January 1789, as by said Act of Assembly is directed. And I do hereby warrant and defend the freedom of the said negroes against myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators as well as against all persons whatsoever claiming title to the same by or from me under the penal sum of one hundred pounds current money of Virginia to be recovered by each of the said negroes in case of any attempt to deprive them of their liberty by us as above granted. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this [blank] day of December Anno Domini 1788.
Signed, sealed, & delivered Elizabeth Barlow (seal)
in presence of

At a court held for Northampton county the 14th day of January 1789. This deed of emancipation was acknowledged by Elizabeth Barlow party thereto to be her act & deed, and ordered to be recorded.
Ex’d Test, Wm Stith C.N.C.

DC 22:291

Deed

Cites 1782 law