1797 - Booll to Jude - Northampton Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
10/09/1797
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Richard Booll of the County of Northampton and State of Virginia do hereby manumit negro Jude to be free on the first day of January 1805, and grant her all the privileges of a free citizen of this Commonwealth agreeable to an Act of Assembly for the manumission of slaves disclaiming all right, title, and demand from me, my heirs, Executors, &c to, or for her after the above period to her assigned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of October 1797.
Richard Booll (seal)
At a court held for Northampton County the 9th day of October 1797. This deed of manumission was acknowledged by Richard Booll party thereto to be his act & deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Tho’s Lytt Savage C.N.C.
Ex’d
Richard Booll (seal)
At a court held for Northampton County the 9th day of October 1797. This deed of manumission was acknowledged by Richard Booll party thereto to be his act & deed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Tho’s Lytt Savage C.N.C.
Ex’d
Record Location
DC 23:303
Document Type
Deed
Notes
Cites 1782 law
Files
Collection
Citation
“1797 - Booll to Jude - Northampton Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 11, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3215.