Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
Augustus Thomas | Black ("negro") | grantor | ||
Patty | 29 | Female | enslaved | |
Maria | 10 | enslaved | ||
Charles | 7 | enslaved | ||
Nancy | 5 | enslaved | ||
Susan | enslaved |
Manumission was recorded on 13 August 1806. Augustus Thomas, a free Blackman, sets free "my wife and female slave named Patty now age about 29 years together with her children: Maria about ten years, Charles about seven years, Nancy about five years, Susan about five weeks and their increase ... " He also releases a quit claim to all property or estate Patty "may acquire subsequently to the date hereof, other than such as by law of the land I may legally possess as the husband of the said Patty bound in ties of holy matrimony." Augustus Thomas signs the manumission on 12 August 1806 with an "X."