Benjamin Butterworth emancipation for enslaved girl Sall Black
CWF Rockefeller Library Special Collections. SCMS2001.20

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I Benjamin Butterworth Jr. of Campbell County being
possesst of a negroe girl named Sall Black aged
nine years & Six months do for myself & my Heirs,
Release unto the said Sall Black all Claim or proten
=tion of Claim whatsoever or to any Property She may
acquire after arriving 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 Let my Hand & Seal this
31st day of the 3rd Month 1791

Benj. Butterworth [illegible]

Signd Seald &
Delivered in presence of}
M Davis [of]
[illegible] Davis - afd
Christr Johnson

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At a Court Hold for Campbell County September 6th
1792. The wither Manumission was proved by the
solemn affirmation of a Micajah Davis & William
Davis and ordered to be Recorded
Teste
[R] Alexander [illegible]

Benja Butterworth Jr
To
Sall Black
Deed of
Emancipation

Butterworth
[Jr]
To [illegible] Emanau
Black
Recorded
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