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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Robert Carter III
- Locations
- Westmoreland County, Virginia Richmond County, Virginia Loudon County, Virginia Prince William County, Virginia Frederick County, Virginia
- Researcher
- Tabitha H
- Researcher's E-mail
- tabitha.genealogy AT gmail.com
- Researcher Location
- NYC
- Comments
- 1791 Deed of Gift: Likely the largest manumission of enslaved persons in the US prior to the Civil War. Emancipation schedule - the 15 eldest enumerated EPs would be freed Jan 1792, and the next 15 eldest to be freed Jan 1793, and so on annually; males under 21 to be freed at age 21, females under 18 to be freed at age 18. 453 EPs are named, often with a family relationship or skilled trade. 18 'source children,' one for each plantation - Nomini Hall Plantation Aries Plantation Old Ordinary Plantation Taurus Plantation Gemini Plantation Forest Quarter Plantation Coles Point Plantation Cancer Plantation Aquarius Plantation Scorpio Plantation Capricorn Plantation Libra Plantation Virgo Plantation Sagittarius Plantation Leo Plantation Cancer Plantation (EPs reside in two different counties) Mr. John Peck Mr. Robert Mitchell (overseer and husband of Robert Carter's daughter Priscilla Carter)
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/165167548/person/122341151564/facts
- Join mailing list?
- 2
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes