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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Catherine G. OBrion, 11 September 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Orange County (Va.) Deed of Emancipation, 1784 Mar. 27. A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1171432 Catherine G. OBrion

Library of Virginia 2008 LVA staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Orange County (Va.) Deed of Emancipation, 1784 Mar. 27 1171432 Library of Virginia 2 leaves English Orange County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Orange County (Va.) Deed of Emancipation, 1784 Mar. 27, Local government records collection, Orange County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Orange County.

 Historical Information

Orange County, according to most accounts, was named for William of Orange, the Dutch prince who became William III of England in 1688. It is more probable, however, that the name honored William IV, prince of Orange-Nassau, who married Anne, eldest daughter of George II, in 1734-the year Orange County was named from Spotsylvania County.

Scope and Content

Orange County (Va.) Deed of Emancipation, 1784 Mar. 27, liberating Presilar, age 24, and Sarah, age 22, from Thomas Coppedge. The deed (photocopy) is worded as follows: "I Thomas Coppedge of Orange County from a deliberate consideration and conviction of my own mind am willing to fulfil that injunction of our Lord do unto all men as I would they should do unto me and having under my care one negro woman named Presiler twenty four years old and one ditto named Sarah twenty two years old, I do now for myself and my heirs release and discharge from being my property hereafter forever the above named negroes."

 Index Terms Corporate Names: Orange County (Va.) Circuit Court Subjects: Slaves--Emancipation--Virginia--Orange County. Geographical Names: Orange County (Va.)--History--18th century. Genre and Form Terms: Deeds--Virginia--Orange County. Free negro and slave records--Virginia--Orange County. Local government records--Virginia--Orange County.