| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Datcher | 23 | Male | grantee |
Certificate of freedom was recorded on 6 August 1816. "This is to certify that on 5 August 1816 Mary Butler, a free woman of color [ and] of good character personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace" for Washington Co., District of Columbia and swore that she lived "at the next house to the mother of Francis Datcher at the birth of the said Francis, that his mother Rebecca Cole was at the time of his birth a free woman and that Francis who is personally present is the same colored person" now age about 23 and is a free man. Signed on 5 August 1816 by John Off[Justice of the Peace].
