1846 - Schoolfield to Samuel - Norfolk Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
05/18/1846
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Self Purchase Amount
$500
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Schoolfield of the Town of Portsmouth
for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to me in hand paid
by the officers and crew of the United States Frigate Savannah, the receipt whereof
I hereby acknowledge, do emancipate, and set free, a negro man slave named Samuel
Watts, and I hereby declare him the said Samuel Watts entirely liberated
from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person
with which it is my power
to vest him. He the said Samuel Watts hereby emancipated, is a man
of light complexion; about five feet ten inches high, and is aged nearly twenty
seven years: In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and
affixed my seal this 5th day of May AD 1846
Signed Sealed & delivered } J Schoolfield {Seal}
in presence of }
J. N Schoolfield }
J C Schoolfield }
At a Court held for Norfolk County the 18th day of May 1846
This Indenture was proved by the oaths of J. N Schoolfield and
J C Schoolfield subs: wits thereto and ordered to be recorded
Teste
Wm Howland DC
for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to me in hand paid
by the officers and crew of the United States Frigate Savannah, the receipt whereof
I hereby acknowledge, do emancipate, and set free, a negro man slave named Samuel
Watts, and I hereby declare him the said Samuel Watts entirely liberated
from slavery and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person
with which it is my power
to vest him. He the said Samuel Watts hereby emancipated, is a man
of light complexion; about five feet ten inches high, and is aged nearly twenty
seven years: In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and
affixed my seal this 5th day of May AD 1846
Signed Sealed & delivered } J Schoolfield {Seal}
in presence of }
J. N Schoolfield }
J C Schoolfield }
At a Court held for Norfolk County the 18th day of May 1846
This Indenture was proved by the oaths of J. N Schoolfield and
J C Schoolfield subs: wits thereto and ordered to be recorded
Teste
Wm Howland DC
Record Location
DB 73:280
Document Type
Deed
Notes
freedom purchased by crew of naval vessel
Files
Collection
Citation
“1846 - Schoolfield to Samuel - Norfolk Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed October 13, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/4595.