| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemus Thompson | grantor | |||
| Hercules Dowry | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
Manumission was recorded on 30 May 1813. Semus [Semis or Lemus] Thompson, a yellow woman of Georgetown "for divers good causes and $1.00" frees from slavery a Negro man named Hercules Dowry age under 45 years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood ... to be henceforth free." Signed on 25 May 1813 by Semis Thompson with an "X."
