1844 - Davies to Stepney, Dick, Willis - Bedford Co, VA
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Title
1844 - Davies to Stepney, Dick, Willis - Bedford Co, VA
Source
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
02/26/1844
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
3
Executor
Robert Coleman
Text of Freedom Document
Deed Book 31, Pg 45
Wheareas by the last will and testament of Addison Davies deceased, of record in the Clerks
office of the Hustings Court of Lynchburg, the executor of the said Davies was authorized and
directed to discharge from servitude, certain slaves of the said Davies after their respectively
arriving at the age of twenty eight years, Now therefore, know all men to whom these presents
shall come that Stepney, Dick and Willis, three of the slaves falling within the provisions of the
will of said Davies and having arrived at the age prescribed in said will, are hereby declared free
and discharge entirely and fully from all contracts for servitude, In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 24th day of February 1844.
Robert S. Coleman
Exec. Of A. Davies
Teste
N. C. Manson
R.E. Manson
At a court held for Bedford County the 26th Day of February 1844.
This deed of emancipation from Robert C. Coleman executor of Addison Davies deceased to
Stepney and others was produced in Court proven by the oath of Nathaniel C. Manson and
Robert E. Manson subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Ro. C. Mitchell CBC
Wheareas by the last will and testament of Addison Davies deceased, of record in the Clerks
office of the Hustings Court of Lynchburg, the executor of the said Davies was authorized and
directed to discharge from servitude, certain slaves of the said Davies after their respectively
arriving at the age of twenty eight years, Now therefore, know all men to whom these presents
shall come that Stepney, Dick and Willis, three of the slaves falling within the provisions of the
will of said Davies and having arrived at the age prescribed in said will, are hereby declared free
and discharge entirely and fully from all contracts for servitude, In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 24th day of February 1844.
Robert S. Coleman
Exec. Of A. Davies
Teste
N. C. Manson
R.E. Manson
At a court held for Bedford County the 26th Day of February 1844.
This deed of emancipation from Robert C. Coleman executor of Addison Davies deceased to
Stepney and others was produced in Court proven by the oath of Nathaniel C. Manson and
Robert E. Manson subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste
Ro. C. Mitchell CBC
Record Location
B31,45 (Land) (will was filed in Lynchburg)
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1844 - Davies to Stepney, Dick, Willis - Bedford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/813.