1789 - Seward to Isaac - Brunswick Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
08/24/1789
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
To all whome these Presents shall come Greeting I John Seward
of Brunswick County in the State of Virginia for divers good causes and
considerations me thereunto moving do hereby declare free, Manumit and
Enfranchise the Negro following (To wit) Isaac Son of Nanny, born May
the 14th, 1768. To be free as soon as he shall arrive to the Age of twenty five
years, hereby Acknowledging the said Negro discharged from all claim
of Service and right of property whatever from me my Heirs Executors Administrators.
— As Witness my hand and Seal This Twenty fourth August
In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty nine.
John Seward (Seal)
Brunswick County Court Augt. 24th 1789
The Deed of Manumissian was Acknowledged by John Seward
party thereto as his Act & Deed which is ordered to be Recorded.
este.
Exmd. John Jones - C.B.C
of Brunswick County in the State of Virginia for divers good causes and
considerations me thereunto moving do hereby declare free, Manumit and
Enfranchise the Negro following (To wit) Isaac Son of Nanny, born May
the 14th, 1768. To be free as soon as he shall arrive to the Age of twenty five
years, hereby Acknowledging the said Negro discharged from all claim
of Service and right of property whatever from me my Heirs Executors Administrators.
— As Witness my hand and Seal This Twenty fourth August
In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty nine.
John Seward (Seal)
Brunswick County Court Augt. 24th 1789
The Deed of Manumissian was Acknowledged by John Seward
party thereto as his Act & Deed which is ordered to be Recorded.
este.
Exmd. John Jones - C.B.C
Record Location
DB 14:523
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1789 - Seward to Isaac - Brunswick Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 12, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3379.