Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds.....Gray, manumission, 1791 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Deeds Edwin GRAY, deed of emancipation (of one slave - George WHITFIELD), 9 Jan 1791 (10 Feb 1791) [margin notes] Edwin Gray manum. of Geo.~ I Edwin Gray of Southampton County having under my care a Mulatto man named George Whitfield formerly the property of Ge.o Kerr dec.d who I have heretofore held as a slave but being fully persuaded that freedom is the natural right of all man kind and that it is my duty to do unto others as I would desire to be done by do therefore hereby emancipate and set the said George Whitfield free and and I do for myself my heirs executors and adm'rs hereby relinquish all my right title Interest and Claim or pretension of Claim whatsoever either to his person or to any Estate ["person" overwritten] he may hereafter acquire In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of Feby. one thousand Seven hundred & ninety One - Edwin Gray {sl} At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 10.th day of Feby. 1791 This Deed for the manumission of Ge.o was acknowledged by Edw.n Gray party thereto and ordered to be Recorded ~ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ"ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [page and entry end] Southampton Co., VA, Deed Book 7 (1787-1793), p. 465 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 3 [At a court held for the County of Southampton the 10.th day of Febry. 1791.] [...] - Gray deed for the manumission of George ack. & ord. [margin notes illegible] - [...] Southampton Co., VA, Court Minute Book, 1790-1793, p. 31 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 176 Additional information: Edwin GRAY had served as a gentleman justice of the Southampton county court, including 9 Sep 1779. (Court Order Book, 1778-1784, p. 91) Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets mine] file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/07db465b.txt