1821 - Bowler to Armistead Pride - Lynchburg, VA
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Title
1821 - Bowler to Armistead Pride - Lynchburg, VA
Date
Type
Deed
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
02/06/1821
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Witnesses
J. Morris, Ammon Hancock, E. Fletcher
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents, that I Martha Bowler, for and in consideration of the love and natural
affection I bear to a mulatto man Armistead Pride my husband, I this day do liberate and emancipate him,
hereby bestowing on him his full & perfect freedom & giving to him all the previleges incident to or
appertaining to a freeman and for the full performance of this act I hereby bind myself and warrant & defend
his freedom against the claims of myself my heirs executors administration and against the claims of all and
every persons whatsoever. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal this 28th
day of November
1820.
Patsey her X mark Bowler seal
Witness J. Morris. Serv. Ammon Hancock E Fletcher - Patsy BowlesTo Armistead Pride Deed of Emancipation
affection I bear to a mulatto man Armistead Pride my husband, I this day do liberate and emancipate him,
hereby bestowing on him his full & perfect freedom & giving to him all the previleges incident to or
appertaining to a freeman and for the full performance of this act I hereby bind myself and warrant & defend
his freedom against the claims of myself my heirs executors administration and against the claims of all and
every persons whatsoever. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed my seal this 28th
day of November
1820.
Patsey her X mark Bowler seal
Witness J. Morris. Serv. Ammon Hancock E Fletcher - Patsy BowlesTo Armistead Pride Deed of Emancipation
Record Location
DB F:246
Notes
Freeing her Mulatto husband - *wrong year on Lib of VA
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Citation
“1821 - Bowler to Armistead Pride - Lynchburg, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed August 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/711.