Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Barrow, manumission, 1784 

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Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds 
     David BARROW, 
     deed of emancipation (of two slaves), 
     10 Feb 1784 (11 Mar 1784) 
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               Manum.n 
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Southampton County Virginia 
Whereas an act of General Assembly Intitled an act Concerning 
the manumission of Slaves, gives free liberty to all Persons 
holding slaves under Certain Restrictions to manumit or 
set them free _  Therefore be it known to all whom it may Concern 
that I David Barrow of the County and State Aforesaid being duely [sic] 
Sensible and fully pursuaded that freedom is the Natural and 
Unalienable right of all Mankind; and also having a Single eye to that 
Golden Rule prescribed in Sacred Writ Viz.t "do to all Men as ye 
would they should Do to you" Do hereby  Agreeable to the above recited 
Act Manumit or set free the Slaves now in my Possession (to wit) a Negro 
Man Named Ben Blackhead, of about twenty three years of age, and 
a Negro Woman named Lucrcia Blackhead of about Eighteen  and I 
do freely and Voluntarily from a Sacred regard, that I have yo the rights 
of Mankind Acknowledge & declare them the Above named Negroes to be 
free Citizens of the State  disclaiming all Right and Title to them or their 
Decendants [sic] or any thing hereafter lawfully by them Possessed whatsoever 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 10.th day 
of February 1784. 

                                           David Barrow  {Seal} 

At a Court held for the County of Southampton  the 11.th day of march 
1784 - This manumission was Acknowledged by David 
Barrow party thereto and ordered to be Recorded ~ 
                            Teste          Sam Kello  Cl 
                                            ~-"-~ 

[page and entry end] 


Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 6 (1782-1787), p. 208 
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 3 



[At a Court held for the county of Southampton  the 11.th day of March 1784] 

[...] 
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An instrument of writing under the hand and seal of David Barrow for the manu- 
mission of certain slaves therein named was acknowledged by the said David Barrow 
and ordered to be recorded. 
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[...] 
[page end] 


Southampton Co., VA, Court Order Book, 1778-1784, p. 383
   The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA 
   LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 27 


Additional information: 

David BARROW was a Baptist minister and justice. 
   see also Joyner's "From the Pagan to the Nottoway." 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/06db208.txt