1836 - Phillips to Becky - Bedford Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/01/1836
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Executor
G. Wingfield, J. Sale
Text of Freedom Document
Deed Book 25, Pg 413
Know all men buy these presents that I Samuel Phillips of the County of Bedford in the State of
Virginia for divine good causes and caused motions me thereunto moving have and by these
presents do manumit , liberate and forever set free from the bonds of slavery my negro woman
slave named Becky and I do by these presents for myself my heirs, executors, and administrators
forever remiss, release and grant all claiming of property in and to the said Becky as a slave
from this date of these presents henceforth and forever.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the first day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
S. Phillips seal
Signed sealed and delivered
In the presence of
Geo Wingfield
Jno F. Sale
Virginia Bedford County court clerks office November 1st 1836.
This deed of emancipation from Samuel Phillips to his negro woman slave Becky was produced
in office acknowledged by said Phillips and admitted to record.
Teste
Rob. C. Mitchell CBC
Site pages
Know all men buy these presents that I Samuel Phillips of the County of Bedford in the State of
Virginia for divine good causes and caused motions me thereunto moving have and by these
presents do manumit , liberate and forever set free from the bonds of slavery my negro woman
slave named Becky and I do by these presents for myself my heirs, executors, and administrators
forever remiss, release and grant all claiming of property in and to the said Becky as a slave
from this date of these presents henceforth and forever.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the first day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
S. Phillips seal
Signed sealed and delivered
In the presence of
Geo Wingfield
Jno F. Sale
Virginia Bedford County court clerks office November 1st 1836.
This deed of emancipation from Samuel Phillips to his negro woman slave Becky was produced
in office acknowledged by said Phillips and admitted to record.
Teste
Rob. C. Mitchell CBC
Site pages
Record Location
B25, P413 (land)
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1836 - Phillips to Becky - Bedford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 15, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/802.