ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - Thomas UZZELL Sr. to Keter &c, 6 Jan 1794 Deed of Emancipation ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 180. [margin note] UZZELL to Keter} I Thomas UZZELL Sen.r of the County of Isle of Wight in Virginia being fully Pursuaded from the Conviction of my Own mind that freedom is the Natural Right of all Mankind and that it is my duty to do unto others as I would desire to be done by in the like Situation and having under my Care Eight Negrows (to wit) Keter aged Sixty years Pegg aged thirty Years or thereabouts Jemima aged Twenty Years Isham aged about fourteen Years Lewis aged about Six Years, Rhoda aged about Three Years Milton aged about One Years & Sarah aged about nine Months whom I have hereto fore held as Slaves I do hereby Emancipate and Set free the above named Negrows, Yet I beleive it Right for me to reserve the purogative of acting as Guardian over those who are now in their Minority untill they arrive at Lawfull age, and I do for my self my Heirs Ex'ors. & Adm'ors. relinquish all my Right title Interest and Claim or pretention of Claim on me whatsoever either to their person or to any estate they may hereafter acquire after they attain Lawfull age & then to enjoy their full freedom without any Interruption from me or from any Person Claiming by from or under me In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 6.th Day of January 1794 ~ Thomas UZZELL ¤Seale¤ Signed and Delivered} In Presents of } [witnesses not given] At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 3.d Day of February 1794 This Emancipation was Acknowledged by Thomas UZZELL the party thereto and Ordered to be Recorded Teste Francis YOUNG Cl This may Certify that I Relinquish for my self and heirs, all the Right Interest and Claim that I have to the negroes and their posterity that formally belonged to my Grandfather William ELEY & Sarah his wife, Given under my hand & Seale this Eighth Day of January 1794 William BARROW ¤Seale¤ Teste } Lemuel ELEY} At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 3.d Day of February 1794 This Certif.' was proved by the Affirmation of Lemuel ELEY the Witness thereto and Ordered to be Recorded ~ Teste Francis YOUNG Cl This may Certify that I Relinquish for my self and Heirs All the Right Interest and Claim that I have to the Negroes and their Posterity that formally Belonged to my Grandfather William ELEY and Sarah his wife given under my hand and Seal this Eighth Day of January one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety four ~ Arodi BARROW ¤Seale¤ Teste } Lemuel ELEY} At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 3.d Day of February 1794 This Certif.' was proved by the Affirmation of Lemuel ELEY the Witness thereto and Ordered to be Recorded Teste Francis YOUNG Cl. C: [page end] [William ELEY Sr. left will 21 Dec 1766, proved 7 May 1767 (7DB468-69). Among his legatees were the children of his daughter Martha BARROW. The inventory and appraisal of his estate (7DB473-74) lists four slaves, including "Negroe Woman Cate" (valued @ £35)- possibly identical with the "Keter" named above.] [Indexed "Thomas UZZELL to Negro Kate et als." (General Index to Deeds, Vol. 1)] Isle of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 17 (1791-1796), p. 180 Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 10 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________