Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Stanton, manumission, 1782 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds 
     Sampson STANTON, 
        deed of emancipation (of one slave), 
        13 Aug 1782 (14 Nov 1782) 

[margin notes] Sampson 
                Stanton 
               Eman.s 

I  Sampson Stanton, of Southampton County virgin 
=ia being Fully pursuaded That Freedom is the natural right 
of all Mankind, &that it is my duty to do unto others as 
I wou'd desire to be done by in the like situation, and having 
under my care Negro whom I have hereto fore held as a slave 
of the following name and age (Viz.t) Jim aged about Eighteen 
years  I hereby emancipate &Set free, Yet I believe it right 
for me to reserve the prerogative of Acting as Guardian over 
him untill he Arrives to the age of Twenty one Years, and 
                                                       I 
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[p.] (89) 

I do for myself my heirs Executors and Adm'ors relinquish 
all my right Title, Interest & claim orpretensions of Claim 
Whatsoever either to his Person orto any Estate he may acquire 
after he shall attain to the age abovesaid  which will be at 
The Following time (Viz.t) on the first Day of the first month 
In the Year 1785.___ Then to Enjoy his full freedom without 
Any Interruption from me or any persons Claiming for, by, 
from or under me  In Witness Whereof I've hereunto 
set my hand and Seal This thirteenth Day of the Eighth 
Month in The year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & 
Eighty Two _____ 
Sealed & Delivered }                   Sampson Stanton  ¤LS¤ 
 In the Presence of} 
          William Hamlin} 
          Richard Wrenn } 
          ŻŻŻŻŻ 
   At a Court Held for the County of Southampton the 14.th 
Day of November 1782 
                     This Emancipation was Acknowledged 
by Sampson Stanton party Thereto & Ordered to be Recorded __ 
                            Teste 
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Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 6 (1782-1787), pp. 88-89 
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 3 



[At a Court held for the county of Southampton  the 14.th day of November 
 1782.] 

[...] 
_ 
Ż 
Sampson Stanton produced an instrument of writing under his hand 
and seal emancipating a negro boy named Jim  which was acknowledged 
by the said Sampson Stanton and ordered to be recorded. 
_ 
Ż 
[...] 


Southampton Co., VA, Court Order Book, 1778-1784, p. 248 
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 27 


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Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] 

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