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

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds 
     Elizabeth DENSON & Anne DENSON, 
        deed of emancipation (of three slaves), 
        1 Dec 1782 (12 Dec 1782) 

[margin notes] Eliz.a 
               Densons 
               Eman.s 

We  Elizabeth Denson & Anne Denson of 
Southampton County Virginia having under our care a 
Negro woman named .Abb aged about Twenty five Years 
Whoom we have heretofore held as aSlave, but being fully pur 
=suaded that freedom is the natural right of all mankind 
And That it is our Duty to do unto others as we would desire to 
be done by, do therefore I hereby Emancipate and set the said 
Negro free, and we do for our selves, our heirs  Executors &: 
Administrators, hereby Relinquish all our right Title interest 
and Claim orpretention of Claim whatsoever either to her 
Person or to any Estate she may hereafter Acquire, and 
Having also Two Negroes now in their Minority (to wit) a 
Girl named Esther aged About four years, and a boy named 
Daniel of about two Years Old, Both of which we also eman 
=cipate and set free  saveing to our selves & each of us  our 
Heirs and Assigns the Care and Direction of the said 
                                                Esther 
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[p.] (100) 

Esther untill she attains To The age of Eighteen years. & of the 
said Daniel untill he arrives to the Age of Twenty oneyears, 
And we do for our selves our Heirs Ex'ors: and Administrators. 
Hereby relinquish all our right Title Interest and Claim 
Or pretension of claim Whatsoever either to their perso 
=ns or to Any Estate They shall Acquire after they arrive 
To the fill and Lawfull Ages Aforesaid, all the above 
said Negroes and their Posterity To Enjoy their full ___ 
Freedom Without any Interruption from us us or___ 
Either of us our heirs or assigns Or any other person Claim 
=ing for by or under us.  In Witness Whereof we have 
Hereunto set our hands and Seals this 1.st Day of the 
Twelfthth Month In the year of our Lord One thousand seven 
hundred eighty and two ~ 
Signed Sealed _  ..  } 
 _In the presence of }         Elizabeth Denson   дSealд 
    Thomas Draper } 
    Ephraim Draper}                Anne Denson    дSealд 
    ппп 
      At a Court held for the county of Southampton the 12.th 
Day of December 1782 __ 
                       This Emancipation was Proved 
By the Affirmation of Thomas Draper and Ephraim 
Draper the Witnesses Thereto and Ordered to be Recorded ___ 
                           Teste 

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Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 6 (1782-1787), pp. 99-100 
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 3 


[At a Court held for the county of Southampton the 12.th day of December 1782.] 

[...] 
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An instrument of writing under her hands and seals of Elizabeth Denson 
and Ann Denson emancipating the following slaves  to wit: Abb, Esther and 
Daniel was proved by the affirmations of Thomas Draper and Ephraim Draper 
the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. 
_ 
п 
[...] 


Southampton Co., VA, Court Order Book, 1778-1784, p. 250 
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 27 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] 

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http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/06db099.txt