March 31, 1791 - Letter from Benjamin Butterworth emancipating Sall Black
CWF Rockefeller Library, Special Collections - SCMS 2001.2
I Benjamin Butterworth for of Campbell County being
possest of a Negro Girl named Sall Black aged
nine years & six months do for myself & my Heirs
Release unto the said Sall Black all claim or preten-
-tion of Claim whatsoever or to any Property She may
acquire after ariving to the age of Eighteen Years
which will Happen in the Ninth Month one thou-
-sand Seven Hundred & Ninety Nine In witness
whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this
31st
day of the 3rd
Month 1791
Benj Butterworth [mark]
Signd
Seald
&
Delivered in Presence of
M. Davis of
** Davis [afd]
Christr
Johnson
At a Court Held for Campbell County September 6th
1792. The within manumission was proved by the
solemn affirmation of Micajah Davis & William
Davis and ordered to be recorded
Teste
Ro Alexander [Cl Court]
Benja
Butterworth Jr
To
Sall Black
Deed of
Emancipation
Butterworth
[illegible]
To [illegible] Emanu
Black
Recorded
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Exd