1797 - Kerfoot to Jacob Monmouth - Frederick Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
12/04/1797
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
This is to certify that I have given Jacob Monmouth a slave his freedom
from the first day of Novem'r one thousent seven hundred and ninety six
and that he the said Jacob Monmouth is set free. Given from under my
hand and sale this 21st day of Novem'r 1797.
William Kerfoot (seal)
Witness Presen
William Kerfoot Jun'r
This is to certify an person or persons that desires to know the age of
Jacob Monmouth the property of Mr. William Kerfoot y'r said Jacob
Monmouth was born June yc 6th 1759
Witness Mary Knight
Mary Lotthart
At a court held for Frederick County the 4 day of Decem'r 1797 This
Certificate of the freedom of Jacob Monmouth was acknowledged by Wm
Kearfott party thereto and ordered to be recorded.
By the Court
Ja Keith Cl Cur
from the first day of Novem'r one thousent seven hundred and ninety six
and that he the said Jacob Monmouth is set free. Given from under my
hand and sale this 21st day of Novem'r 1797.
William Kerfoot (seal)
Witness Presen
William Kerfoot Jun'r
This is to certify an person or persons that desires to know the age of
Jacob Monmouth the property of Mr. William Kerfoot y'r said Jacob
Monmouth was born June yc 6th 1759
Witness Mary Knight
Mary Lotthart
At a court held for Frederick County the 4 day of Decem'r 1797 This
Certificate of the freedom of Jacob Monmouth was acknowledged by Wm
Kearfott party thereto and ordered to be recorded.
By the Court
Ja Keith Cl Cur
Record Location
DB 25:210
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1797 - Kerfoot to Jacob Monmouth - Frederick Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 17, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3848.