1850 - Cocke to William Henry Gary - Isle of Wight Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/07/1850
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Eliza W. Cocke of the County of Isle of Wight
have manumitted, emancipated & set free and by these presents do emancipate, man-
umit and set free a negro man slave named William Henry and sometimes called
William Henry Gary, and I do hereby declare him the said William Henry to
be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges
of a free person with which it is in my power to invest him. The said William
Henry hereby emancipated is a man of dark complexion about five feet
six inches high and will be about thirty years of age on the first day of April
next. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of December 1849.
Witness Eliza W. Cocke (seal)
C.B. Hayden
Sampson White
In Isle of Wight County Court January 7th 1850
The foregoing deed was proved by the oaths of Ch's B. Hayden and
Sampson White the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to
be recorded.
Teste
N.P. Young CC
have manumitted, emancipated & set free and by these presents do emancipate, man-
umit and set free a negro man slave named William Henry and sometimes called
William Henry Gary, and I do hereby declare him the said William Henry to
be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges
of a free person with which it is in my power to invest him. The said William
Henry hereby emancipated is a man of dark complexion about five feet
six inches high and will be about thirty years of age on the first day of April
next. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of December 1849.
Witness Eliza W. Cocke (seal)
C.B. Hayden
Sampson White
In Isle of Wight County Court January 7th 1850
The foregoing deed was proved by the oaths of Ch's B. Hayden and
Sampson White the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to
be recorded.
Teste
N.P. Young CC
Record Location
DB 37:550
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1850 - Cocke to William Henry Gary - Isle of Wight Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 12, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/4444.