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Minor, John (fl. 1808) [Manumission of a slave named Maria]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.73 Author/Creator: Minor, John (fl. 1808) Place Written: Urbanna, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 19 July 1808 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Emancipating Maria Muse, a slave, in accordance with the will of Doctor George D. Spratt. Signed by Minor, Carter B. Berkley, Thomas M. Locke, George D. Nicolson and Jonathan Chew as executors of Spratt's estate. Signed and attested by Thomas Muse as court clerk.

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By virtue of the power vested in us by the will of the late George D. Spratt, We the subscribers, Executors and trustees under the said Will, do hereby Emancipate - manumit & forever liberate Maria, alias Maria Muse a mulattoe [sic] Girl, she being one of the children of Beckey, named in said Will of Doct. George D. Spratt and we do hereby declare the said Maria forever free and Emancipated, In Witness whereof we have hereto set our hands & seals at Urbanna the 19th day of July anno Domini 1808
teste. John Minor
Carter B Berkeley [Jo.] Chew
Thos M. Locke
George D. Nicolson

At a Court held for Middlesex County at the Courthouse in Urbanna on monday the 25th day of July 1808. This Deed of Emancipation from John Minor and John Chew to Maria alias Maria Muse was in open Court proved to be the act and deed of the said [Exors] and trustees by the oaths of Carter B. Berkeley and Thomas M. Locke, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
[Teste]
Tho. Muse

[docket]
Spratts Exors
to
Maria
Deed of emancipation
July 1808. Proved by 2. Will
[JUR]
recorded & exd.

Minor, John, fl. 1808
Berkley, Carter B., fl. 1808
Locke, Thomas M., fl. 1808
Nicolson, George D., fl. 1808
Chew, Jonathan, fl. 1808
Muse, Thomas, fl. 1808

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