1803 - Overton to Bamm Overton - Albemarle County, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1803 - Overton to Bamm Overton - Albemarle County, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

05/29/1803

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Self Purchase Amount

$250

Text of Freedom Document

To all whom these presents may come, be it known that in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars & for & in consideration of former services received of my negro man named Bamm I do hereby emancipate set free & quit claim to any further services of the said fellow, and do as far as by the act of assembly I am authorized declare the said Bam(sic) by the name of Bamm Overton to be as free as if he was and had been born free. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 29th day of May 1802.

Sam. Overton (seal)

Teste, David Bullock
The original Deed of emancipation of which the above is a copy has been logged with me by Wm Samuel Overton to be recorded.

Record Location

DB 14:340

Notes

Name of manumitted individual spelled differently throughout document, unsure of proper spelling.

Files

1803_Albemarle_Overton to Overton_Deed Book 14_340.jpg

Citation

“1803 - Overton to Bamm Overton - Albemarle County, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/986.