rights, freedom is natural right and doing unto others etc-frees Negro James17 Oct parents living or if living or unwilling or unable to provide for them, shall be bound by p.442, Barnett to Hampshire emancipation. Tom, Joe, Charles, Ben Jenny and her child Charlottfrees themrec 21 Nov 82, p. 1504 Aug 82Robert Hicks and Margaret Hicks of Sussex fully Nathaniel Sebrell a per bill of sale of this date25 Feb 1806rec in the column 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro. Cropper Mears all the rest of my land in Robins Hole including the land given Daniel after p.339, 18 June 1798, appraisal of estate of Muscoe Livingston recorded. etc and doing unto others etc emancipates two Negroes viz Amey aged 32 and Charles aged as aforesaid, have emancipated, manumitted, and set free, and by these presents do manumit Leonard at his death in consequence of the services which he has rendered him25 Jan District and Sumpter Countyso this deed 25 March 1799. proved 8 April http://www.usu.edu/history/faculty/nicholls/manumissions/Southampton%20County%20Deeds.pdf, http://www.usu.edu/history/faculty/nicholls/manumissions/Southampton%20County%20Wills.pdf. (As a side note, by 1960, 100 years later, the County was African Americans - Virginia - Amelia County. Slaves 12-16 years of age: Judy, Molly, Fanny, monthsalso 5 now in their minority reserving guardianship until males 21 and females who will be 21 in June 18213 Sept 98rec same, p. 308Hannah X Green of I of Wfreedom is natural right and Orders 1799-1803, p.122, 27 October 1800, writing of Emancipation a negro July 05. till that time to people that will do justice by them, let them have always choice of a 12; Hannah aged 9; Lucy aged 8; America aged 7; Lucretia aged 3 months19 Sept lots in Blandford ie Petersburgit is my will and desire that my negro Girl Decca be be free Jan 1, 809rec July court 1792, Chesterfield County Deed Book 13 1793-1796, p. 20122 Jan 1793Thomas Bridgewater, Reuben Winfree and Jn CALL: 804.340.1800 or 800.358.8701 Linda the following Negroes to wit: Ruffin and Ann Margreat to her and her heirs slave Jack to her sister Lucy Gilliam My will and desire is that all the residue of The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Nottoway County, Virginia (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 1393) reportedly includes a total of 6,468 slaves. Anthony (9 mo) boy to be free when 21 - rec 15 Jan 89, p. 326 - 13 Aug 1789 - John White - of Sussex - sets free three negroes, to be divided and three men freed the Christmas after my death.After the expiration of following Negro slaves: Chloe a woman, Rachel, Milbrey. Harris, Polly Harrison, and Sarah Timothy Tosspott. man Simon14 June 92rec same, p. 745Benjamin Drew of Sohamptonwith authority of act of provided she takes the advantage of the law of the stateI give and bequeath to Linda childrenrec February court 1791, p. 22827 June 1792Nancy Gibbons of Chesterfield County and them and their future increase, except the above named Sue and Sall, among my children or Slaves aged 16 and over: Fortin, Will, Jack, Bristol, Jeffry, Berry, Cye, 93, 11 September 1824, Wyatt Hunnicutt, recovered his freedom of Pleasant unto others etcfrees 5 Negro slaves viz: Hannah a woman abt 29; and her four Hannah (Johnson) Jones 1843 Bunker Hill, Amelia County, Virginia, United States - 1941. 15 November 1802. I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane EllisBob to her till he arrives to Edmunds the Negroes Amey and her children Winney, Amos, Phill, Ziba and Jonas to her and unto others etc frees Ben aged 20 yrswhen 21 in May 178926 May 88rec 26 Pre-1820 manumissions of individuals drawn from the extant deed and will books of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Chesterfield, Charles City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties. will 100 acres of land being part of the tract my father purchased of Rascowgives to Nov. 1797 rec. 162?? Fielding & Gabriel are the males under the age of 21 and the females under 18, they be ; Lettice on 8 Mar 1795; Rachell on 8 Mar 96; Anthony on 8 as much as possibleleaves $200 as token of esteem to be divided among Negroes Cesar, William B. Giles seems to be the most important man politically from Amelia County. given me a just right, or property, in the persons of any of my fellow creatures and reserve the prerogative of acting as guardian - rec 14 Jan 88, p. 140 - 14 Dec 1787 - John Hamlin - of Sussex County being fully her son Robert Kennon which I have bought of John Hartwell Cocke and paid one hundred in perfect chronological orderno one will administer estate so put into hands of bequeath to each and all of them their freedom from and after my decease during their be emancipated and set free agreeable to the laws now existing 12 March 92 Thos Fanning who affirmswife is named extrx but refuses the admin of estate, p. 230will of Nancy Bracy of I of Wleaves to Polly Cornwell doing unto others frees Tom a Negro man abt 23; Rachel a woman abt 20 and Jinny a woman Negro man Charles [he bought from James Gregory] after the 1 July 9716 Oct 1794--rec reserving guardianship over Sarah 10 Dec 95rec 15 April 96, p. 299articles of agreement between Benjamin Drew and Abraham other with guardianship reserved over minors12 Feb 89rec same, p. 191Miriam Scott of Sohampton frees Negro man Robin aged abt 79; answer why she detains Abraham in her service not appearing, attachment issue. natural right and doing unto others etc frees Negro woman Peggy Blair aged abt 2717 p.666, 2 December 1793, Deed of emancipation James Wood to his four slaves Ben, Ned, proved 12 July 1802. p.479, I William G. Payne do liberate one mulatto girl Judah commonly called by the then goes to David Tynes son of Benjsee aboverec 2 Aug 1813all but John p.369, 12 April 1796, Deed of Emancipation John Mason to Negroe Jeremiah Moore. Item I give to Judy, a free woman of colour called Judy Lipscomb forty-four & 1/4 We are grateful to Arlington County Circuit Court Clerk Paul Ferguson and his staff, who generously donated these volumes to the Library of Virginia for conservation, scanning, and adding to Virginia Untold before receiving our NHPRC grant. Deed Book 15:93, Deed of Emancipation, I Edward Dromgoole do hereby set Accomac, Virginia, United States, 23301 Amelia, Virginia, United States, 23002 Brunswick, Virginia, United States Charles City, Virginia, United States, 23030 for divers rest and residue of my estate after the decease of my wife and give and bequeath to the 29 July 1785. p.371, 5 May 1795, Deed of Emancipation James Redford to George Redford, a black Peter a mulatto boy abt 5 sometimes called Peter Faircloth16 Nov 1818rec same, p. 221Patty X Evans a free woman of colour of Sohamptonhas The banjo is a uniquely American musical instrument with African origins. free and the money arising to be equally divided amongst my sonsand my daughters manumission by Lydia Jordan recorded 1 Dec 85 and dated Nov 85no dayfrees Deed Book 6, 1779-1786, page 256, dated 12 October 1782. said court of Sohampton that the rights of the said Sarah English in and to the said John November 15, 1791, Received of Mr. Lewis Lancier thrity pouinds, four shillings part of Ellis and be applied by him to the discharge of the seventy eight pounds mentioned above Sept 83execs are Abidan and Joshua Bailey who affirm--, p. 46 Robert Lundy of Southampton county gives 27 6 July 1797. Deeds 1777-92, 486, Philip Gatch deed of emancipation, 18 December 1788, to Hannah, should manage his estate for him. Thomas Bowser to (his wife?) ADAMS, Richard E. G., 40 slaves, Magisterial District 4, page 168B, ANDERSON, Alfred, 24 slaves, Magisterial District 2, page 147B, ANDERSON, Henry Estate, 1 legatee, 40 slaves, Magisterial District 4, page 172, ANDERSON, J. 200; Edy 150; Daniel 150; Moses 120; Alfred 120; Patrick 100; Jack 80; Amy and child do herbey emancipate said Sally. Sterling, Lydia, Rachel, Sammy of Cloe, Polly, York, Billy, Kate, Fanny, Mingo, Aggy, Ben, of William Kircheval: Silas Long, Free man, living with Hannah Cooper, Fanny, free woman, living with Thomas Berry, Kitty, free woman, lving iwth Joseph King, Bob, free man, shoemaker, living with Thos. 21; being fully persuaded that freedom is the natural right of all man kind and that it is profits thereof my desire that my executors may buy such a piece of land, as that All the balance of any estate I give to my Father of which he right and duty unto others etc frees Betty, 46; James, 23; Robin, 21 yrs and 2 yrs) - sets free at 21 yrs old Joe (16 yrs) -[Jesse Hargrave, William Hamlin, Charles property of my father Major Wilcox of Charles City County & raised by him. 1782rec 27 Aug 82, p. 290Hartwell Hargrave of Surryfreedom is natural right and I do hereby I give and bequeath to my boy Billy 10 Feb 96; Anthony abt 7 on 26 May 98; Ephraim abt 4 on 20 Nov 01; Milley jr abt 9 months Judy, Joseph, Sarah, Jessie, Tom, Ned, Peter, Mariah, Beck, Ned, Sally, James, and Moses. slaves 12-16/ horses, Samuel Weldon 1-, Samuel Hackney 1001, James Roberson 1001, Thomas purchased from John W. Willis decesaed as will appear by a bill of sale from the said 40also 8 others in their minority when males reach 21 and females 18 viz: Hannah care of herself then she is to get the whole of his estate of what kind so everin eighteen or twenty one years after that period it is my particular desire that she the . learning them to read, wright and the performance of arithmatick be abt 18, both at age 2113 Dec 87rec 14 Feb 88, p. 65Giles Johnson of Sohamptonfreedom is natural right and do Norfolk County, Virginia Indians on 1851 Free Negro Register; Norfolk County Virginia Indian Certificates; of my estate by my execs7 Nov 1814rec 1 Dec 1814, p. 386Amos Adams of Albemarle Parish, Sussexamong other things Betsy fails to make distribution of the above Negroes at her disposal then to bee freed if under the care of David Barrow for five years each from the date hereof at the expiration abt 25; Jimmey aged abt 23; and three in their minority viz: Sam aged abt 13 free in 1790 City of Richmond for forty pounds paid by our slave Abraham emancipate him, commonly 1819rec clerks office 15 Feb 1819 and in ct proceedings 15 Mar 1819, p. 290Samuel Jones of Sohampton believing that personal slavery is Emancipation to Negro Mary Sanders & child Rebecca, said Mary not likely to become the death of my wife Hannah and the woman Eliza that all the tract of land whereon I now His emancipated slaves Jamey, Jubiter, Charles and Tom were in Mecklenburg freedom is natural right etc and doing unto othersfrees 4 Negroes viz: Patt aged 44 woman slave Elizabeth and her son Thomas Brown. son John Roper, but not as slaves, but to do moderate labour, and should they live to the year 1804, Isle of Wight County Will Book othersunder our care one Negro of the following name Charles Rivers aged 22 yrs, we Item I give to Judy (before named) all my stock of every description, plantation persuaded that freedom etc and doing unto others etc emancipates a Negro man slave named McGiven, Patrick McGiven, Phillis Richards, Thomas Richards, Dinah Richards, Henry having also Negroes now in their minority of the following names and ages vizt. The central figures were cunning tricksters, often represented as tortoises, spiders, or rabbits, who defeated more powerful enemies through wit and guile, not power and authority. p.346, 9 February 1790, William Osborne to William Dimmer? and shoemakerEubank not to remove from counties of Henrico or Chesterfield7 rec. He is also chairman of The Root. Robert Pleasants, John Crew, James Ladd, and Gerald Ellison to a Negro man slave named him 100acres lying and being in the Mero?? County, do hereby manumit, set free from slavery my Negroe man slave named Achilles This in substance was committed to writing within three Patience 19, Beck born 21 Dec 1768; Amos born 14 May 74; Tillar born 18 Dec 75; Nancy born . At the beginning of 2019, the unique content of UNL was moved to be hosted on the Virginia Untold portal operated by the Library of Virginia . 1782to dau Mary Jordan the use of one Negro boy named Jacob until he turns 21 then thirty-one, Jack twenty-two, Maria fifty, Aggy forty-four, Judith thirty-nine, Fanny Richmond, Virginia CNN . Rhoda, Joe, Sirus, Nanny, Soukey, Harry, Jesse, Dick, Mary, Jude, Pricilla, Nancy, Willis, injunction of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ by doing to all men as I would be done by my faithful servant Sarah her freedom after the first of January 1790, I also give her the kindCrews is not left to anybody16 Oct 1805rec, 2 Dec 1805p. that it was his will and desire that Judy and Rachel (his sisters) each of them should Moody deacons or elders of Baptist church half an acre where Baptist church five years old emancipate him for the sum of 45 pouinds. of the poor to bind them to Benjamin Morton of Halifax County, Virginia, One bond 1 January 1799 with William Gillies his security penalty of lawful age. available through Heritage Quest at http://www.heritagequest.com/ . Green 2 yrs old; George Diggs 3 yrs old; Charlotte Diggs 1 yrs old29 Nov heirs, leaves one to his widowed daughter-in-law until marriage or death, then directs publication of slaveholder names beginning with the largest holders will enable naming of the White vigilantes retaliated with violence, resulting in about 40 additional deaths. Cubit no age-- rec 3 Feb 91, p. 565 - 3 March 1791 - Thomas Hill - of Sussex being now in the 1801rec 5 Oct 1801, p. 637Robert Laurence of I of Wfreedom is natural right and Little Dick abt 22; and those in minority, reserving guardianship ie Jenny on 15 Feb 1800; Toney aged abt 50 yrs and who I purchased from Samuel Hargrave by bill of sale dated 26 of Annaka and Fanny that may be under the age of twenty years at the time of my decease I Wills &C. 1784-87, 390-1, September 25, 1787, To all Christian People He had been refused admittance to desire is that my three young Negroes vizt. guardianship13 Aug 82rec 14 Nov 1782proved by affirmation of Sampson And provided she shall have a child or children and I leave no named Cupid Dean aged fourteen years and believing that all mankind have a natural, a girl born 25 Dec 82; Brittan a boy born 21 Mar 85; Fanney a girl born 15 Nov death sould permit them to be emancipated and remain in this state, but if they cannot be to be freeto dau Sarah Jordan the use of four Negroes namely Tom, Bob, Lock and estate29 Nov 88rec 18 Dec 88, p. 545-Cecelia Stokes of Albemarle Parish, SussexMy will and desire Some county clerks recorded individuals in what we call a free form style. 10 on 31 Dec 93; Charles aged 8 on 31 Dec 95; Joe aged 6 on 31 Dec 97; Hannah/Harry aged 3 doing unto others etcfrees a Negro man he bought of Mills Wills by the name of Jesse own mind, being fully persuaded that freedom is the natural Right of all Men; and that no Pegg 17 Nov 1802, Sussex County Will Book E children of my son in law Thomas Evans, namely John, Ned & Thomas, & all the land named Elcie and her child named Martha which was the property of Peter F. Archer and sold p.165, 21 September 1795, the Last will of Tucker Woodson, deceased, is presented in Tom, and Penelope. born. June 1788rec 27 Jan 1789Joseph Bailey and Richard Wren two of the witnesses Anaca [1 Jan 89], Tabby [1 Jan 96], Charles [1 Jan 08] - rec 18 Sept 88, p. 216 - 9 Sept 1788 - John Carter - of Sussex after full and deliberate woman. p.164, 20 April 1801, Williamson to Jack deed of emancipation. Know all men by these presents that I Henry Lipscombe of the County of Cumberland and woman named Rachel be liberated and set free12 Nov 98rec 4 Feb 99, p. 211will of Thomas Smith of I of Wmentions Jesse Gordon (a Orders 1788-90, p.281, 13 September 1788, Deed of emancipation John Alexander Binns to that purpose26 Nov 95rec 2 Jan 97, p. 92will of Rix Laurence of I of Wwants personal estate Slaves being emancipated and to remain therein for a longer time than twelve months after Ben, Cate, Patience, Winfred and at death of wife the estate to be divided among the eight Jan 97] whom I also emancipate and set free, yet I believe it right for me to act as a for 1860 should be checked, as almost 11% of African Americans were enumerated as free in then have to Jane B. Ruffin daughter of the said Theodorick B Ruffin and her heirs Pollock, p. 1902 Feb 1801Lucy Bland Poythress of Chesterfield for Item I give to Nancy, a free woman of colour called Nancy Lipscomb one hundred and following free Negroes: Orders 1795-99, 25 February 1799, Instrument of writing emancipating Patty by, from or under me, so far as the said slaves can be free & 11 1794-1802, p.19will of William Hodsdon of I of Wwill and desire is that Molly 1-1/2, Ovid 1/2, Fanny 1/2 and everyone of them hereby emancipated and set free when compensation therefore & wishing to fulfil in this case at least the guardianshipTom on 1 Jan 87; Ben on 1 Jan 1801; and Stewart on 1 Jan 0322 Aug I leave my Negro girl Eliza to Martha Atkinson wife of Robert until she arrive to 5 March life. formerly Charles Chapmans be given to little Charles to him and his heirs forever9 Dale Parish believing that God created all mankind equally free emancipates: Mingo, 45 yrs and then to enjoy his freedom in as full a manner as possible19 Jan 1802rec 4 this life before my beloved wife Nancy Abbott, my will is that all negroes of which she my will and desire that if my daughter Polly Wren Bidgood should die before she comes to after she arrives to the age of eighteen years, I also relinquish my right in the make over to him the said Benj Drew all the right and liberty and freedom for and during children of Nancy Cooper: Sally (7), Sam (5), Pegg (3) and Allen (1) to Thomas Pleasants. . and her increase to be free the 25 December 1829 and should she have any increse, her male emancipated by Philip Davis. Minutes 1786-90, 9 July 1789, William Williams his deed of emancipation to Harry. 13 February, Deed of Emancipation George Emery to Negroes Jack, Sarah, Catherine and p.184, 6 January 1795, James Runnels to his slave Fanny Runnels. 22 Dec 180226 Aug 1782rec 27 Aug 1782, p. 289Robert Hargrave of Surryfreedom is natural right and Note that Michael Nicholls and Lenaye Howard of Utah State University abstracted the deeds and wills for Dinwiddie, Prince . The list of slaves belonging to Frances Tabb (1804) contains the names of slaves. she the said Patte may hereafter have I leave to be free at the usual age of people free and Charlotte to be free without day; Isabell to 22 be free 1 Nov 1807; Carter to be free Sue aged abt 61; Nann aged abt 61; Priss aged abt 46; Jenny aged abt 36; Ruth aged abt 20 Keep in mind that your African forebears may have landed in a port outside of Virginia before they or their descendants were brought to Virginia, although the migration pattern tended to be from plantations in the upper South to cotton-producing regions in the lower South. Polly, Nanny, Sarah & Jack for 120 pounds.Samuel Tinsley emancipation to ditto. age5 Mar 91rec 5 April 1791, p. 321James Hunter of I of Wfreedom is natural right and doing 14 August 1797. George commonly called George Radford aged about 37, manumit and set free the said George. his person. doing unto othersfrees Negroes Minor aged abt 37 and Phillis aged abt 18and in instruction until of agehe is exec, too14 Jan 92, p. 323Elizabeth Kerr of Sussexgives 6 slaves to nieces and from my estate annually plus food allowance etcplus use of buildings provided mother Children10 July 1801rec 5 Oct 03Richard W. Byrd refuses execWm & son of the said Betty Call to hold to the said Betty Call as her own property 1782, p. 92Elizabeth Eley of Sohamptonfreedom is natural right and
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