Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790-1863

Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790-1863

Note: This is a large file. It will take some minutes to load.

The following is a list of manumissions of African-American slaves recorded in the court records for the town and county of Alexandria, 1785 to 1863. Manumissions are records of legal emancipation of slaves. These are drawn principally from the town's deed books. The records for the years 1791 through 1800 are mainly from the Alexandria Hustings Court (which are below cited as "Hust" followed by the deed book letter and page) but also from Fairfax County Deed Books (identified below as "Ffx." followed by the book and page numbers). Those from 1801 to 1863 were recorded in the Alexandria Circuit Court, the court of jurisdiction during and after the period in which Alexandria was a portion of the District of Columbia. (Circuit Court records are indicated below simply by the alphanumeric book designation and page.) A fourth source is the collection of miscellaneous Alexandria (now Arlington) County records held by the Library of Virginia (cited below as "LVA").

These are not the only Alexandria manumission records, of course. Any study of manumissions requires examination of the county's "Free Negro Registers," which have been transcribed and published by Dorothy S. Provine (Alexandria County, Virginia, Free Negro Registers, 1797-1861, Bowie, Maryland, 1991). This book has been referenced herein to supply slave surnames, shown in brackets, when none are given in the original deeds. Will books are another productive source of information, as are court minutes.

The table below consists of six columns. The first contains the date of the manumission instrument (not the date it was recorded by the court). The date is often not the actual date of emancipation, as many of these documents were agreements to release slaves at a fixed date in the future, and some were formalizing releases already made. The second column contains the name of the owner and/or manumitter; the manumission was often granted by heirs or executors of the actual owner. The owner's place of residence is listed only when it is a place other than the town or county of Alexandria. If the owner was known to be a free black (who was usually securing the freedom of a family member), it is indicated. The third column contains the names of the slaves freed, plus the price of their freedom, where available (unless the price or consideration was a token amount-such as five shillings or one, five, or ten dollars or Virginia pounds). The fourth column contains remarks about the ages, descriptions, origins, relationships, former owners, or circumstances of the release of the slaves. All ages, except perhaps those giving exact birthdates, are to be considered approximate. The fifth column contains the names of witnesses to the manumission document. The witnesses were frequently friends, family or business associates of the owners, or notaries and justices of the peace. Several Quaker names appear frequently, as they were actively involved in sponsoring emancipations. Many entries list no witnesses, although there may have been some prersent in many cases. When the manumission was recorded on the same day or day after the document was written, the judge's name is provided as the sole witness. The sixth column contains the citation of the source (see above).

Names can be located using the "find" function on your web browser. Consider possible spelling variants.

Date	Owner-Manumitter	Slave(s)/ Consideration	Remarks	Witnesses	Citation

2/16/1790	Barbary Ratcliffe (formerly Barbary Halley) of Fairfax Co. , VA and William Halley of Alexandria	Cambridge	Cambridge, 36, had been "devised" to Barbary Halley by Samuel Halley.	John Bowen, George Fielder, Rebekah Killgore, Anna Halley	Ffx. T-1:540
9/20/1790	John Hawkins	Jerry	To go free 8/1/1794.		Ffx. S-1:533
11/10/1791	Eleanor Hopkins of Fairfax Co., VA	Celia/ £45	Celia purchased herself.	James Keith, John Hawkins	Hust E:30
10/14/1792	Williams & Cary	Nelly/ £50		None	Ffx. U-1:271
7/17/1793	William Johnston of Fairfax Co., VA	Milly/ £50	Milly was about 21 years old. Her freedom was purchased by William Halley, the former master of her husband, Nace.	Peter Wise, French Simpson, Esther Halley, William Halley	Hust E:473
3/18/1794	John Gist of Loudon Co., VA	George/ £40		Mordecai Miller, Edward Stabler	Hust F:286
4/16/1794	Charles Nowland of Fairfax Co., VA	Dennis/ £54		William Summers, Peter Wise, Jr., Charles Young, Robert Young	Hust F:278
7/8/1794	Charles Clark of Caroline Co., VA	Congo	To take effect 8/1/1794.		LVA
8/1794	Alexander Borough	Sarah Valentine	Valentine was about 30 years old, “black,” and 5’2” tall.		LVA
8/21/1794	James Taylor	Smuel Jacobs		Josiah Watson	Ffx. X-1:383
8/22/1794	John Hunter	Peter	Peter was a former slave of Joseph Caverley, but was auctioned off to help satisfy Caverley’s debts.	J[oshua?] Gilpin, John Gilpin	Hust E:441
8/1/1795	George Lee Waugh of Stafford Co., VA	Anthony Waugh/ £30	George Waugh, a farmer, liberated his slave, Anthony, when paid by font-family:Arial">Vincent Gray.	John B. Armistead, Vincent Gray	LVA
9/1/1795	Korn & Wisemiller	Caesar	Caesar had been purchased from Charles Love. Manumission to take effect 9/1/1820.		LVA
9/25/1795	William Rhodes	Rachel	“considering the Blessings of freedom as invaluable to the human race and willing to secure the same to them as far as my influence extends…” Rhodes manumitted the 12-year-old Rachel to take effect when she reached age 30, 18 years from this date, provided that she had children in the meantime. Her children would then be freed when the males reached age 30 and the females 28.	Peter Wagener	Hust F:355
9/25/1795	William Summers	William	“considering the Blessings of freedom as invaluable to the human race and willing to secure the same to them as far as my influence extends…” William, age 8, was to be freed in 20 years from this date.	None	Hust F:514
12/23/1795	Jesse Taylor, administrator of estate of Jesse Taylor, Jr.	Bristol	Jesse Taylor, Jr. bought Bristol from the estate of Adam Bloss.		LVA
1/19/1796	William Hartshorne	Ben	Hartshorne had just purchased Ben, 25, from Joseph Mandeville and Robert B. Jamieson with the intention of freeing him after a few years of service: he was to be free after six years.	George Deneale, Titus Triplett	Ffx. Y-1:326
2/15/1796	Josiah Watson	Suky [Sukey] and her children, Jane, Delia and Betsy		Isaac McPherson	Ffx. Y-1:296
7/1/1796	Elizabeth Donaldson	Joe			LVA
8/23/1796	Aaron Hewes	Sylvia	Sylvia, 34, was former slave of John Hubball. Hubball sold her to Hewes for £45 8/23/1796. She was to gain her freedom after seven years of service, to end 12/2/1803.	George Deneale, William Summers	Hust H:79
10/4/1796	Lillburn Williams of Prince William Co., VA	Anthony Williams, his wife, Sophia, and their sons, John, Tom and Lewis/ £120		Walter Dodson, John Steward, Jr., William Summers	Hust H:123
11/24/1796	William Darrell of Fairfax Co., VA	Thomas Julius/ £90	For “his former faithfull services rendered me”.	John Norwood, Mordecai Miller, William Riggen	Hust I:109
2/2/1797	Benjamin T. Dulany of Fairfax Co., VA	Juda	Dulany sold Juda, a 12-year-old girl, for £36 to John Longdon of Fairfax Co. 2/2/1797, with the provision that she would be freed after eight years’ service.	Mahlon Scholfield, William Chambers, Ambrose White	L:417-418
3/25/1797	Josiah Watson	Flora		None	Ffx. B-2:235
5/27/1797	Francis T. Brooke as attorney for John T. Brooke of Fredericksburg, VA	Hester			LVA
6/22/1797	Archibald McClean	Crager Warren/ £48		None	Ffx. Z-1:462
7/3/1797	Theodorick Lee	Nathaniel		Elisha Janney and Jacob Shuck	LVA
7/4/1797	William Halley	Susanna, Andrew	Susanna and Andrew had been purchased from Nelson Halley’s estate. They were to go free 1/1/1801.	William Summers, David Henderson	Hust I:184, Hust I:185
7/4/1797	William Halley	Harry	Harry was property of “Barbary Ratcliffe, deceased,” and at her decease, conveyed to [Halley] by will of Samuel Halley of Fairfax Co., VA.	William Summers, David Henderson	Hust I:186
7/4/1797	William Halley	Jacob [Halley?]	Jacob was former property of Nathaniel Halley. Manumission to take effect 1/1/1798.	William Summers, David Henderson	Hust I:187
8/8/1797	William Mitchell	Terry	Terry was a 40-year-old woman.	Abraham Faw, Jonathan Faw	Hust K:211
11/18/1797	John Edwards Ford of Port Tobacco, Charles Co., MD	Robert Braddock/ £80		George Slacum, Robert Gray	Hust O:99
1/3/1798	Thomas Whittington of Anne Arundel Co., MD	Dinah, Caesar, Margaret, Mary	Dinah was to be freed immediately; Caesar, 38, was to go free in three years. Margaret, 18, and Mary, 12, were to be free when each reached the age of 27—any male children they might have would be free at age 21, and girls at age 16. This manumission was recorded in Anne Arundel Co. 1/30/1798 and in Alexandria 12/9/1818.	William Whittington, William Weems	G-2:196
7/4/1798	William Halley	Jacob	Jacob was property of “Barbary Ratcliffe, deceased,” and at her decease, conveyed to [Halley] by will of Samuel Halley of Fairfax Co., VA.	William Summers, David Henderson	Hust I:188
7/9/1798	John Norwood	Achilles		Thomas M. Perrin, Mathurin Perrin, Jesse Simms	Ffx. B-2:365
11/1/1798	Dr. James Gillies	Polly	Freed for “services rendered,” but Gillies reserved title to her children, William, Esther and Peter.	John A. Casey	Hust L:77
12/18/1798	Josiah Watson	Hannah [Dutcher]	Hannah paid the balance due Watson for her freedom 9/8/1795. The money, £24.1.3, was paid by or for Hannah's husband, Leonard Dutcher, by Andrew Jamieson.	Washington J. Washington, Andrew Jamieson	Ffx. A-2:522
12/27/1798	Joseph White Harrison of Fairfax Co., VA	Pompey/ £40		Cleon Moore, Daniel C. Luppo, Jesse Simms	Hust L:167
6/14/1799	John Muncaster and Philip G. Marsteller	John Wilkes	Wilkes was a slave of Elizabeth Copper, who bequeathed him to her daughters, Kitty and Elizabeth, but wished him to be set free. Kitty and Elizabeth married Marsteller and Muncaster, respectively.	John Roberts, Zachariah Muncaster	Hust M:3
7/25/1799	William Byrd Page	Charles Campbell	Freed for “faithful service.”	John Ramsay, Cuthbert Powell, James Campbell	Hust M:39
8/11/1799	Dr. Thomas Triplett	Cesar [Caesar]	Cesar, 30, was described as "middle sized, & marked in the face, on each cheek as africans frequently are."	O. Gwathney, T. Tyler	Ffx. B-2:244
10/8/1799	Joseph Martin	Lucy and her daughter, Grace	Lucy, age 55, and Grace, age 12, were apparently brought into Virginia contrary to the law. They brought suit against Martin, but settled to serve for a fixed term, i.e., Lucy until 9/9/1801 and Grace until 5/2/1809.	Abraham Faw, Robert Smock, Jonathan Faw	Hust M:189
12/31/1799	Thomas Jacob of Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA	Kitty [Jackson] and her son, George	Kitty was described as “mulatto.”	John Williams, Edward Deneale, Thomas A. Smith	LVA
1/10/1800	Isaac McPherson of Prince William Co., VA	Harry, his wife, Dorothy, and their children, Priscilla, Robert and John/ £75		Samuel Hampton, Lee Pomroy, Thomas Powell, William Moss, John Hooff	Hust M:328
2/26/1800	Daniel Douglass	Richard Thompson	Douglass purchased Thompson from Ann Richards 11/14/1797 and promised that he would be freed after ten years’ service.	Andrew Heath, Jr.	Hust N:355
3/10/1800	David Henderson	Dominy [or Dominick Barecroft]	Sold by Susanna Barcroft, Charlotte Clark, Willoughby Newton Berryman, and Jane Presley (Berryman’s wife) to Catesby Jones of Northumberland Co., VA 2/4/1796. Jones assigned his interest to Thomas Davis of Fairfax Co., VA 2/6/1796. Davis sold Dominy to Henderson for $200 on 2/17/1800.	None	Hust M:378
6/1/1800	Mary Davis	Betty Davis	Mary Davis was the widow of Samuel Davis.	Archibald McClean, Robert Gill, Jr., Edward Stabler	D:327
7/29/1800	John Butcher, William Paton and Ezra Kinzey	Harry		George Deneale	Hust N:246
8/4/1800	William Halley	Harry	Halley bought Harry from John R. Wheaton of Alexandria for five years service 1/20/1795.	George Deneale	Hust M:407
10/2/1800	Russell Stephens	Peggy and her youngest child, Horace	Stephens purchased Peggy and Horace from Francis Peyton 10/2/1800 for a term of two years’ service. Peggy could purchase her freedom immediately for £14, or during her term for a prorated sum.		Hust N:353
10/10/1800	Andrew Jamieson	Robert Davis		George Deneale	T:427
10/11/1800	James McKinzie	Hannah Calbert	Calbert, a “black” woman, had been purchased from George Slacum.	George Drinker, James Wallace	L:541
11/3/1800	Dr. James Gillies	Peter	Peter, 33 years old, was formerly owned by Joseph Carey, but was purchased by Gillies at an auction to satisfy a debt owed by Carey.	James Keith, Andrew Bryson	Hust N:108
1/25/1801	Mordecai Miller	Sampson Sumby/ $200	Former slave of Ann Boggess “by [Miller] purchased of her…to procure his liberation from bondage.”	None	A:63
1/26/1801	Elsworth Bayne of Prince George’s Co., MD	Samuel/ 50 guineas		Joseph Ingle, William Paton, Jonathan Butcher	A:106
2/23/1801	Ellis Price	Violet Nutt and her child, Mariana (or Mary Ann) Nutt/ $133		Archibald McClean, Thomas Dempsey, William Sanford	A:88
3/1/1801	William Hartshorne, surviving partner of Hartshorne & Sons	George Triplett, aka George Kennedy	Purchased of Dr. James Kennedy by Hartshorne & Sons on condition that he would be set free…	John Dunlap, Andrew Watson	A:60
5/20/1801	Russell Stevens	Adam Mitchell	“Late the slave…of…John Ritchie, and purchased of…his agent, George Clementson…” Mitchell had been a seaman on the ship Hannah under Stevens’ command.	Walter Jones, Jr., Thomas Brocchus	A:371
6/9/1801	John Wise	Crandrass [Payne]	Crandrass was the wife of London Payne.	George Deneale, Amos Alexander	A:146
7/17/1801	Jane Sales	Samuel Sales	Former property of Frederick Briggs, purchased at marshal’s auction of Briggs' property.	Walter Jones, Jr., Joseph Mandeville	A:211
8/29/1801	James Keith	Thomas Messer/ $300		George Taylor	G:252
1/12/1802	Walter Jones, Jr.	Nelson	Nelson was approximately 20 years old and belonged to the Jones estate.	John Love, George Youngs	A:423
5/13/1802	Elizabeth Doncastle of Georgetown, DC	Linder Lewis			LVA
6/1/1802	James Marshall	James	James had been purchased from George Pickett of Richmond, VA.	None	C:44
6/13/1802	Archibald McClean	George Grayson	McClean had purchased Grayson from Joseph Wilson Davis of Berkeley Co., VA	None	C:151
6/30/1802	Robert Townshend Hooe	Sinah Thomas and her children, Eliza and Gustavus/ £100	The purchase was made by Charles Thomas, Sinah’s free husband.	Zachariah Muncaster, Gerard Alexander, Jr., Samuel Cross	C:487
1/8/1803	William Hepburn and John Dundas	Jack	Jack, 30 years old and 5’8” or 5’9”, was bought from Henry A. Bennett 1/8/1789 for a 14-year term of service.	Hugh W. Deneale	S:25
3/1/1803	George Washington Parke Custis	Louisa	Louisa was “about two years old the daughter of Judith one of the slaves in the Dower of the late Mrs. Martha Washington and lately resident at Mount Vernon…”	James Keith, Thomas R. Keith	E:153
3/13/1803	James Patton	George Parker/ £100		Donald Macleod, William Wilson	D:31
5/3/1803	William Hepburn and John Dundas	Doll	Doll was born about 1780, the daughter of one of the former slaves of John Colville of "Cleish," Fairfax Co., VA. Colville bequeathed his slaves to the Earl of Baskerville, and Baskerville, in turn, willed them to Henry Astley Bennett, Esq. of Great Britain. On 1/8/1789, Bennett sold Doll to Hepburn & Dundas for 17 years' service for £31.13s. Hepburn & Dundas relinquished their claims and released her in 1803.	David Griffith, James Hooe/ George Deneale	M:346-348
6/8/1803	John Campton of Fairfax Co., VA	George and Clary, his wife, and Jonathan and Thomas, their sons	George had been the property of Campton’s father, and Clary had been the property of Charles Hagon.	Robert Brockett, William Halley, Robert Hally	G:191
6/15/1803	Alexander and James Smith	Robin	“[D]eeming it unjust and improper to hold any person in bondage for life,” the Smiths manumitted Robin, to take effect 12/25/1808.	None	L:336
6/16/1803	Alexander Smith & Son (Alexander and James Smith)	Stephen Salter	Salter was described as a “Bright negroe man…who has lived with us about nine years and was purchased of Charles Nolin, of Northumberland” Co., VA. He was 34 years old, 5’3”, with “rather a large mouth & talks rather Smart when spoken to.”	Washer Blunt, William Pomery, Samuel McCloud	I:38
6/28/1803	John Hodgkin	Harry Hanson/ $500		Tristram Dalton, Robert Mackglashan	G:354
10/13/1803	Louis Lambert	Adrien	Once free, Adrien bound himself to Lambert for seven years' service from 10/14/1803.	Washer Blunt, Alexander Veitch, Anthony Charles Cazenove	G:70,71,77
1/13/1804	Mordecai Miller	Jack Calbert	Calbert ("man”) was conveyed to Miller by Benjamin King, Nancy O’Daniel and Catherine McIntosh 1/13/1800, to be freed after four years’ service.	Abram Hewes, Robert W. Dyer	I:379
7/25/1804	Philip Dorrall	Lucy	At the time, Lucy had been hired out to, and was living with, John Gadsby.	John Gadsby, George Dorrall, George Deneale, Hugh W. Deneale	P:261
9/10/1804	Dominick Barecroft	Esther	“[I]n consideration of the faithfull Services of a certain Black woman named Esther, purchased…of Susan Thornton [of Frederick, MD].”	John Hooff, Hugh W. Deneale	I:351
11/24/1804	John C. Herbert	Polly	Herbert agreed to free Polly at the end of 17 years of service, to end 3/31/1822 (any children would be freed at age 28). He then sold her to Ralph Longden for that term for $105.	William Herbert	LVA
5/10/1805	McKenzie Talbot of Fairfax Co., VA	Sam	Talbot sold Sam to Thomas White of Alexandria for $166.67. Sam, 40, was to serve six years, then go free.	Robert J. Taylor, Jesse T. Ramsay	T:494
5/27/1805	James A. Sutton	James Carter/ $200	Sutton had purchased the mulatto Carter in 1800 for a term of seven years, but Carter (with the help of Elias Boudinot of Philadelphia) bought his freedom before the term expired.	Gurdon Chapin, Ellis Price	L:419
6/4/1805	Ephraim Evans	Milly	Milly was 32 or 33 years old and had been purchased from James Wilson of Alexandria.	George Deneale, John Hooff	K:3
6/10/1805	John White	Precilla/ £22.10.--		Thomas L. Griffin, Hugh W. Deneale	P:195
10/1/1805	John Gadsby	Anne	“[I]n consideration of the fidelity and attention…,” Gadsby freed Anne, a 32-year-old mulatto.	Robert J. Taylor, Jesse T. Ramsay	L:193
11/4/1805	William Halley	Robert Bell		Nathaniel McAlister, George Drinker	M:89
11/23/1805	Absalom Wroe	Ann and her son, William	Ann was 24 years old.	John Woodrow, John Neill	K:332
11/24/1805	John C. Herbert	Alice, Bet, Kate and Cato	To take effect after 3/31/1811, but any children the females had would not be free until age 28.	George Deneale	K:333
11/24/1805	John C. Herbert	Moll, Sarah [Sarah Ann Bennett], Charles, Harry, Jemima [Harris], Winny and Eliza	To take effect after 3/31/1817, but any children the females had would not be free until age 28.	George Deneale	K:333
11/24/1805	John C. Herbert	Edward, John [John Ball, aka Henry Tate aka Henry Chase], Ariana, Daniel the younger, Jenny and Peggy	To take effect after 3/31/1821, but any children the females had would not be free until age 28.	George Deneale	K:333
11/24/1805	John C. Herbert	Bet ([Betsey Johnson], the daughter of Peg), Abraham, Lewis, Poll, Young Kate, Bet (daughter of Joan), and Sophia	To take effect after 3/31/1823, but any children the females had would not be free until reaching age 28.	George Deneale	K:333
11/24/1805	John C. Herbert	Nancy, Matilda, Nelly, Charles [Coats], Mary [Mary Chase aka Mary Digges], Patty [Patty or Patsy Berry], Maria [Henry], Ann [Hamilton], Milly [Bennett] and Bill	To take effect after 3/31/1826, but any children the females had would not be free until reaching age 28.	George Deneale	K:333
11/25/1805	Thomas Cole	Cornelius	Cole, master of the ship Hero of Alexandria, had purchased the mulatto Cornelius, 22, from Edmund Jennings Lee, the trustee of William Wilson for $400. Cornelius was to go free in fifteen years.	James Kennedy, Jr., James B. Nickolls	K:426
12/20/1805	Charles Simms	Robert Purcell		George Deneale	K:337
12/30/1805	John Askins of Fairfax Co., VA	Daniel Wells/ $300	Wells’ freedom was purchased by himself and Thomas Findley.	Mordecai Miller and Thomas B. Dyer	S:357
3/22/1806	James Lawrason	William Gordon/ £120	Freed 1/1/1799.	James Smith, Thomson Douglass	L:510
3/28/1806	Bryan Hampson	Lucy and her daughter, Cassy, and Cassy's daughter, Lucy Ann	Lucy was 40 years old, Cassy, 24, and Lucy Ann, four. Lucy Ann and Cassy were identified as mulattoes.	George Deneale	M:73-75
4/2/1806	Sarah Porter, administratrix of estate of Thomas Porter	James Nutt/ £45		William Taylor, Jesse T. Ramsay	M:108
4/3/1806	Thomas Fairfax	Lydia, Grace, Judy and William	These slaves were the children of Gracianna, a deceased slave of Fairfax’s father. Fairfax was “residuary legatee” of his deceased father and freed these slaves in accordance to his father’s earlier “verbal permission [for them] to go free.”	George Deneale	L:453
4/5/1806	Thomas Cocke of Prince George Co., VA	Hannah	Hannah was approximately 26 and living in Alexandria.	Jacob Hoffman, Peter H. Wise?, Peter E. Hoffman	LVA
5/1/1806	William Newton	Johannah Weaver and her son, William [Emanuel?] Weaver	William Weaver was two years old.	Richard H. Love	M:383
7/4/1806	Michael and Rebecca Flannery	Joe	Joe was 35 years old.	Ellis Price, John Neill, James Turner	M:177
11/25/1806	Eliza and Thomas Dunlap	Bet, daughter of Phanney [Fanny?]		Cleon Moore, John Adam, John J. Frobel	O:312
11/31/1806	William Colston	Robin Thompson/ $350		Elijah Shay	N:327
3/30/1807	Andrew Jamieson and Robert Anderson	David	The manumission was in accordance with the provisions of David’s purchase ten years earlier.	Alexander Paton	N:529
5/12/1807	Ezra Kinsey	Lucy Curtis		None	P:4
7/1/1807	John Watts	Venus [aka Lavinia Bailey?]	To take effect 7/1/1810.	Robert J. Taylor, William Newton, Jr.	O:3
12/11/1807	Elijah Shay	John Bossey and his wife, Grace Bossey	The Bosseys had been purchased from William Fitzhugh.	W. Wedderburn	P:262
12/16/1807	Daniel McClean	Abraham	McClean sold Abraham to Andrew Jamieson and Robert Anderson for five years' service from 10/18/1802. Abraham was freed with ceritification of his good behavior by Jamieson & Anderson.	Cleon Moore	P:204
1/6/1808	James Lawrason	William Goddard, Jr./ $250	Lawrason bought Goddard from the executors of the estate of Capt. Richard Conway. William Goddard, Sr. bought his son’s freedom from Lawrason.	Robert J. Taylor, Maria M. Taylor	O:424
3/21/1808	Andrew Scholfield	Clara	“[B]eing moved and induced by the principle of Benevolence…”	Jonathan Ross, William Jolliff	Q:34
11/5/1808	William Sandford (or Sanford)	Hanson (or Henson)	Sandford bought Hanson from Dr. Peter Wise for a term of ten years 11/5/1808. Sandford then conveyed him to William Gilham 8/5/1809 for $250. Then, Gilham, for $200, conveyed Hanson to William Harper 6/9/1810 (this final bill of sale was recorded in 1821). Hanson was probably freed in 1818.	George Wise, Adam Lynn	L-2:325,330
1/26/1809	Thomas Preston	Robert		Henry Moore, Erasmus Hamilton	S:13
6/20/1809	John Duffy	Janny	Janny was a woman “of Midling Age, and of a sound and healthy person.”	Abraham Faw, John Neill	Q:459
8/4/1809	Elisha Janney	George and his wife, Rose	George was a “mulatto,” and both of the couple were under 30 years old.	Hugh W. Deneale, Robert J. Taylor, Daniel Minor	S:2
8/16/1809	William Lanphier	George	George was formerly owned by Allen Gunnell of Fairfax Co., VA.	Bernard Bryan, James Campbell, Matthew Sexsmith	S:247
8/31/1809	George Webster	Hannah Webster	Hannah, 21 years old and described as “yellow,” was the daughter of George Webster. Webster bought her from Benjamin Dulany of Alexandria for $50, then freed her.	John Neill, Robert N. Windsor	R:410
9/1/1809	Mordecai Miller	Moll	Miller bought Moll from John C. Herbert 3/8/1809 for a term of service of six years and eight months (from 3/26/1809). Herbert had already (11/26/1805) executed a deed of emancipation to release her eventually, presumably to take effect at the end of her service to Miller.	George Graham, Thomas Sanford	S:246
9/11/1809	William Newton	Emanuel Weaver	Emanuel, 6-7 years old, was the son of Johannah Weaver who was also formerly the property of Newton.	Robert Abercrombie	B-2:345
10/2/1809	Jane Contee	Monaca	[Contee brought Monaca from Maryland 5/15/1802.]	James Keith, Jr., John C. Keith	S:202
12/4/1809	Jacob Hoffman	Benjamin Cryer and his wife, Beck	Benjamin was 40 years old and “black”; Beck, 35, was described as a “dark mulatto.”	William G. Adams, William Watters	R:377
12/4/1809	Jacob Hoffman	Samuel	Samuel, 42 and “black,” was left to Hoffman by the will of Gabriel Childs of Fairfax Co., VA.	William G. Adams, William Watters	R:377
12/12/1809	Russell Stephens	Elizabeth Triplett/ $300		C.P. Thompson, S. Thompson, N. Herbert	R:441
5/1/1810	Elizabeth and Mary Dunlap, the wife and daughter of John Dunlap, respectively	Bet (Salter)	Bet, 13, was the daughter of Fanny Salter, who had already been freed by John Dunlap.	Ludwell L. Moore, John Dade, J. McGill, Cleon Moore	S:288
5/24/1810	Samuel Tyler of Fairfax Co., VA	Jenny Parker/ $50	Jenny was the wife of George Parker, who bought her freedom. The manumission was recorded in Alexandria 5/20/1822.	William H. Foote, Dennis Johnston	M-2:4
10/24/1810	William Goddard (free black)	Hannah		Jonah Isabell, Archibald McClean	U:467
12/20/1810	Seely Bunn	Jude [Currey], Hannah and Winney	Jude was 36, Hannah, 4, and Winney, 2. Jude’s and Hannah’s manumissions were to take effect after 8/1/1831, and Winney’s after 8/1/1833. The girls were likely daughters of Jude, and their surname was possibly Currey or Curry.	George Deneale, Hugh M. Deneale	T:296
3/2/1811	Francis Hall	Alexander West/ $302	West had been purchased from Jonah Thompson for $300 9/15/1810.	Hugh W. Deneale, Charles McKnight	T:352-353
3/15/1811	Benjamin Dulany	Daniel Botts	Botts, described as “yellow,” was released for “faithful service.”	Thomas Triplett, James Brooks, Samuel Snowden	T:352
7/9/1811	Andrew Jamieson	Paul Brown		George Deneale	T:426
7/12/1811	John Violett	Simms Green and his daughters, Maria and Harriot Green	“in consideration of a principle of Humanity and a regard for the natural Rights of all Men…”	None	U:369
11/25/1811	Philip Alexander	Joseph Humphries	Humphries, 36, was freed in recognition of his "faithful services."	William Herbert, Jr.	V:32
11/28/1811	Elisha Cullen Dick	Nanny	Nanny was 40 years old.	Archibald B. Dick, William W. Walls	U:445
12/19/1811	Andrew Scholfield	Nell	“[B]eing desirous to soften and mitigate the condition of persons held in Slavery,” Scholfield freed Nell, 25.	Abraham Faw, Elijah Chenault	U:525
5/1/1812	Hugh Carolin	Margery Colston	Colston was 40 years old.	John Kincaid, Presley Barker	W:16
5/18/1812	George Webster	Grace	Grace, 40 years old and “yellow,” had been purchased from Leonard Cook of Alexandria for $100.	Charles Simms, John D. Simms	V:344
7/18/1812	William Goddard (free black)	Molly/ $100	Molly, 43, had been purchased from Joseph Powell for $100 1/4/1812. She was freed when she repaid the purchase price.	Hugh W. Deneale, James Campbell	W:77,79
8/4/1812	Hugh Smith	Charlotte/ $240	Charlotte was 25 years old. Anthony Dowling put up the $240 to buy her freedom.	Thomas Smith, William Bartleman	W:283
8/18/1812	William Goddard (free black)	Jack Goddard	William Goddard purchased Jack Goddard from Benjamin Dulany.	Hugh W. Deneale, John Bogan, James Campbell	W:332
10/16/1812	Robert Smith	Mary Addison	Addison, under 45 years old, had been purchased from John McKnight.	Richard Coe, Archibald McClean, Jonah Isabell	W:303
11/24/1812	Mordecai Miller	Rachel and her son, Simon [Brown]	Miller bought the slaves from Andrew Jamieson 11/15/1811. Rachel was freed immediately, but her son, two years old, was to be freed when he reached the age of 21.	Solomon Parsons, Andrew Jamieson	Y:321-322
12/9/1812	William Goddard (free black)	John Cooke	Goddard bought Cooke from Benjamin Dulany.	Hugh W. Deneale, James Campbell	W:333
1/11/1813	James Lawrason	Ben	Ben, 43, had been purchased from Gilbert Simpson 1/11/1802 (presumably for 11 years' service).	A.R. Levering, J[osiah?] H. Smoot	L-2:252
4/8/1813	William Fowle	Lavinia Marble/ $250	Fowle had purchased Marble (“mulatto”) from John Macrea of Prince William Co., VA for $250 12/19/1810. Fowle then agreed to free Marble when she could repay the purchase price.	Thomas Lawrason	W:477
4/12/1813	Priscilla Conrad	Nancy Black/ $200		Thomas Semmes, Samuel J. Potts	W:538
4/19/1813	Robert P. Washington of Fairfax Co., VA	Gemima Branham		Edward Owen, Joseph McMurry	W:418
5/5/1813	Andrew Jamieson	William Norton	Jamieson had purchased Norton from Elizabeth Ramsay to serve 12 years. This term was now expired.	George Deneale	W:538
5/21/1813	Mordecai Miller	Rachel Branham and her two daughters, Marsolina and Almira/ $200	Miller had purchased the slaves from George Washington Parke Custis “of Arlington house” for $200 4/21/1813.	None	Y:351-352
5/25/1813	Robert Vaughn (free black)	Peggy Vaughn and Robert Vaughn Jr.	The slaves were purchased from the administrators of Andrew Balmain’s estate 9/12/1812.	Richard H. Litle, George S. Hough	X:178
8/20/1813	Jeremiah Booth	Abraham Jackson/ $77		William Campbell, James Taylor Ramsay	Y:71
11/13/1813	James Harris	Patsy	Patsy was freed for “good conduct.”	George Deneale	Y:71
11/16/1813	Charles Bennett	Moses	Moses was about 38 years old.	Daniel McLean, W.H. Rice	X:148
before 11/30/1813	James Nutt (free black)	Arthur/ $375	Arthur was born into the “family” of Elisha Cullen Dick in 1788. His manumission was to take effect 1/1/1814.	Philip Triplett, James Anderson	Y:58
1/6/1814	John Lewis of Fairfax Co., VA	Sarah Cooke/ $100	Sarah’s freedom was purchased by her husband, John Cooke, a free black.	Thomson F. Mason	A-2:411
1/8/1814	James M. Stewart	Betty Brooks/ $150		John A. Stewart, John Richards, John McKnight	Y:531
1/31/1814	Ira Gunnell	Dick Moxley/ $150	Gunnell received Dick from the division of the estate of his father, Presley Gunnell of Alexandria Co., VA.	Robert M. Windsor, John Violett, Henry B. Deagen	X:388
3/12/1814	Benjamin T. Dulany of Charles Co., MD	Harry Bell/ $120	Bell was 27 years old.	John T. Brooks, Mordecai Miller, Benjamin Dulany	Y:320
4/9/1814	Nicholas F. Blacklock of Prince George's Co., MD	Mimy Handless/ $250		Jacob Douglass, Jesse T. Ramsay	Y:283
4/25/1814	Mordecai Miller	Grace Grayson	Miller had purchased Grayson from William Groverman for $200 3/26/1810. Grayson had been hired out to her husband, George Grayson.	Solomon Parsons, Robert H. Miller	Y:284
10/8/1814	Richard Libby	Sinah (or Sinai) Lee	The “late” firm of Libby & Carne purchased Lee from James Kenner. She was transferred from the firm to Libby alone. Libby, “not thinking it Justice to hold any one in bondage longer than till a full compensation should be made…” freed Lee.	Bernard Bryan, Samuel Smith, Jonah Isabell	E-2:295
11/11/1814	Francis Peyton	Luther	Luther was described as a “mulatto,” approximately 25 years old.	None	Z:223
12/9/1814	Jane A. Ramsay, administratrix of Dennis Ramsay	Daniel Payne/ $250		William Ramsay (Jr.?), James Taylor Ramsay	Z:204
12/19/1814	George Parker	Polly Parker and her children, Landon, Kitty and Philip Ely Parker	“in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear my wife Polly Parker and my children…” George Parker purchased his family from William H. Fitzhugh of Fairfax Co., VA for $350 12/19/1814.	Samuel Snowden, Thomas Triplett	Z:24-25
5/4/1815	Sally Ranson	Patsy Ranson	Patsy was Sally’s servant.	Robert J. Taylor, Noblet Herbert	A-2:422
6/1815	John Hughes	Benjamin Brown	Brown had completed his term of service.	None	LVA
6/28/1815	Hannah Jackson (free black)	Solomon	Solomon ("man") was sold to Jackson on this date by Samuel Carson for $135.	George Carson, James H. Earl	B-2:382
7/14/1815	William Goddard (free black)	Frances Sales/ $150	Sales was about 33 years old.	E. McIver, John Tucker, Edward Stabler, Jr., William Stabler	Z:329
7/20/1815	Charles Lewis	Fanny and her son, Francis “Frank” [Williams]		John B. Paton, David Ball	C-2:116
7/21/1815	Benoni Wheat	Sylvia, William, Mary Ann [Lee], Louisa [Lee] and Permelia ("Milly")	Sylvia, 30, was to be freed 5/24/1821; William, to be free from 5/18/1837; Mary Ann, from 12/28/1833; Louisa, from 5/27/1837; and Permelia, from 12/31/1830. Any children born to the females in the meantime would also be freed, males at age 25 and females at 21.	None	L-2:99
7/21/1815	Richard Horwell	Clara	Horwell sells Clara to James Robinson for $300 on condition that she go free at age 25.	Alexander Moore, Jonathan C. May, William Isabell	B-2:84
9/7/1815	Richard Libby	Richard Hookes	The late firm of Libby & Carne purchased Hookes from John Parsons. He was transferred from the firm to Libby alone.	Bernard Bryan, Samuel Smith, Jonah Isabell	E-2:294
10/4/1815	Hannah Jackson (free black)	Ann Weaver	Weaver ("girl") was Jackson's granddaughter. On this date, Jackson bought her for $295 from Augusta Newton, administratrix of the estate of her late husband, William Newton.	Richard Libby	B-2:396
12/9/1815	Jane Contee	Basil Lee	[Contee brought Basil from Maryland 5/15/1802.]	James Keith, John C. Keith	Z:298
1/1/1816	James Anderson	Jesse Conway	Conway was about 40-41 years old.	Gerrard Plummer	D-2:46
2/12/1816	Hannah Jackson (free black)	Esther and her children, Letty, Maria, Moses and Julia Ann	Esther, 45, was Hannah Jackson's sister. Jackson purchased her and her children—Letty, 11; Maria, 8; Moses, 4; and Julia Ann, 1—from William Hepburn for $1000 on 2/1/1816 (the money was actually paid 2/12/1816).	John Paradise, Thomas J. Minor	B-2:343-344
4/13/1816	Hugh Smith	Anthony Smith	Anthony Smith had been purchased 4/13/1816.	Jacob Hoffman, Jacob Morgan	B-2:250
4/13/1816	Hugh Smith	Anthony	Anthony had been purchased on or before 6/12/1808, the date the bill of sale was recorded.	None	L-2:66
4/24/1816	John C. Vowell	Richard	Richard ("man") had been purchased from James Kennedy, Jr.	Robert J. Taylor, John D. Simms	B-2:200
5/1/1816	Eleanor Nelson	Jemima [Robinson] and her children, Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy and John Robinson		Elisha Cullen Dick, Cyrus C. Marsteller	B-2:298
6/9/1816	Dr. Charles W. [De]Valengen of Fairfax Co., VA	John Butts	Butts, 35 years old, had been purchased from James Irwin.	Thomson F. Mason, John Thomas Ricketts	D-2:67
9/7/1816	William Hodgson	James	James ("man") was the property of of Hodgson's wife.	William Wilson	D-2:290
9/25/1816	William S. Moore of Baltimore, MD	Griffin Graham	Graham, 23, had been purchased from M.M. Flannery.	J. Darickson, Jacob Hoffman, Richard H. Litle	E-2:349
11/21/1816	Peter Randolph Beverley	Dennis Tolson and his wife, Mary/ $700		Samuel Snow, George Deneale	C-2:256
before 11/30/1816	James Harris	Letty Minor		Archibald J. Taylor, Samuel Bartle	C-2:374
1/7/1817	John C. Vowell	John McQuan	McQuan was formerly a slave of William Wilson.	James Harper, John Throop	D-2:486
2/17/1817	Samuel Lightfoot	Nancy	Nancy, 17, and a “light mulatto,” was formerly the property of Roger West (of Fairfax Co., VA), and was purchased from Richard Conway, the executor of the West estate.	Mordecai Miller, Solomon Parsons, Charles Slade	D-2:272
3/1/1817	James Anderson	David Bruce	Anderson sells Bruce to James L. McKenna for $600 on condition that he will go free 3/4/1828.	Richard C. Norton, Ellis Price	D-2:355
3/20/1817	Thomas Mount	Spencer Griffin	To take effect in 15 years (3/20/1832).	Mountjoy Bayly, Evander McIver	D-2:381
4/3/1817	Oliver P. Finley	Clara Brooks		Charles Little, Charles J. Catlett	F-2:68
6/20/1817	Samuel Cooper	John Brown	Brown was born 6/20/1789. He was sold by Andrew Jamieson to John Mandeville and by Mandeville to Cooper. Cooper agreed to free him when he reached age 28, on 6/20/1817, and to not remove him from (or sell him from) the Northern Neck of Virginia.	Hugh West, George Gilpin	LVA
6/27/1817	Samuel Chase	Eliza Chase	Eliza, a "mulatto," was the wife of Samuel Chase and was sold to him by John Jackson.	Joseph Dean, John Jackson	F-2:433
8/18/1817	John Childs	Jerry [Banks], Samuel [Banks], Fanny, and Fanny's two children, Rosy and Margaret	Jerry was 25 years old; Sam, 21, was to be freed at age 25; Fanny, 19, was to be freed at age 21; Rosy, 5, and Margaret, 3, (and any children they might have before freed) were to be freed when they reached 21.	William Rhodes, Joseph Rowen	F-2:129
8/23/1817	John A. Washington of Jefferson Co., VA	Edward "Ned" Frazier/ $500	Ned Frazier, about 25 years old, was "of small size, late one of the gard[e]ners in the garden at Mount Vernon" (George Washington's former estate in Fairfax Co., VA).	Anthony Crease, Noblet Herbert, William Yeates	F-2:429
10/1817	Mordecai Miller	Mary Taylor and her daughter, Ellender	Mary, 43, and Ellender, 4, had been purchased from William Weims of Anne Arundel Co., MD for $60 8/12/1814.	Solomon Parsons, John S. Miller	E-2:159 B-2:133
10/17/1817	William S. Moore of Baltimore, MD	Joseph Williams	Williams, 27 years old, was formerly owned by Mr. [John?] Fitzgerald.	Jacob Hoffman, Richard H. Litle	F-2:264
10/29/1817	Priscilla Fortney	Goola	Fortney was the widow of Jacob Fortney. Goola, 22 years old, was to be free from 1/2/1828. If she had children in that time, the boys would go free at age 25, and the girls at 21.	Isaac Robbins, Thomas Mount	D-2:510
10/29/1817	Priscilla Fortney	Susan	Fortney was the widow of Jacob Fortney. Susan, 15 years old, was to be free from 1/2/1835. If she had children in that time, the boys would go free at age 25, and the girls at 21.	Isaac Robbins, Thomas Mount	D-2:511
10/29/1817	Priscilla Fortney	Maria	Fortney was the widow of Jacob Fortney. Maria, two years old, was to be free from 1/2/1845. If she had children in that time, the boys would go free at age 25, and the girls at 21.	Isaac Robbins, Thomas Mount	E-2:195
11/12/1817	Thomas Triplett of Loudon Co., VA	James Wright	Wright was described as "mulatto."	Noblet Herbert, Alexander Moore, John Muschett	F-2:56
11/20/1817	Richard Hewes	Betty	Betty, 57, was described as "mulatto."	Thomson F. Mason, Nathaniel Rounsaville	H-2:326
11/21/1817	Thomas Brocchus and Samuel Wheeler	William Syphax	Syphax was about 44 years old.	Benjamin Wood, Edward Stabler	S-2:605
12/19/1817	Moses Seal	Aggy	Aggy was 32 years old.	Robert J. Taylor, Thomson F. Mason	E-2:362
5/14/1818	George Washington Parke Custis	John, Charles, Edmund and Eliza	John, 14, was the son of Custis' servant, Judith. Charles, also 14, was the son of Custis' servant, Eloisa. Edmund, 11, and Eliza, 8, were the children of Custis' servant, Oney.	George Deneale	G-2:14
10/27/1818	George Dent Alexander	Henny Jones		George Travers, John Javins, John Perry, N. Bayly, William A. Harris	I-2:86
12/29/1818	Daniel McClean and Isaac Robbins	George Berry	Berry, 32 and "black," was formerly owned by Daniel McClean and Daniel Cawood.	Ambrose Vasse, Robert McIntosh	H-2:387
1/30/1819	John Bossey of Fairfax Co., VA	Solomon Robinson	Robinson, 16, was Bossey's nephew, purchased "in Consideration of the natural love and esteem" from Thomas Peters of Fauquier Co., VA.	William A. Harris, Mountjoy Bayly, Edmund Jennings Lee, Jr.	I-2:32
2/20/1819	Alice Coleman	Susan Seals	Seals was the daughter of Cloe Rhodes, who was Coleman's servant at the time of Seals's brith. Rhodes was previously freed, and Seals was given to her by this deed.	Ann McMecken	I-2:380
4/20/1819	Thomas Sandford [Sanford]	Nancy Bruce and her son, Charles Bruce/ $50	Nancy Bruce, 23, was the wife of Aaron Bruce. Charles Bruce, their son, was to remain in bondage until he reached age 25.	None	G-2:242
4/21/1819	John Wood	Armistead [Bowling]	Armistead, a boy, was to be free from 10/15/1829. He had been purchased from William Herbert, Jr., the trustee of the creditors of Cary, Bronaugh & Co.	Alexander Moore, A. Hodgkinson, Robert Munro	I-2:27
4/27/1819	Margaret Moss	Robert Mitchell/ $300	Mitchell was about 28 years old.	Jacob Hoffman, Peter E. Hoffman	G-2:363
5/3/1819	William L. Wilkinson (or Wilkerson)	Moses Brent/ $400	Payment was made by Richard H. Litle.	Richard H. Litle, Charles Litle	H-2:475
5/11/1819	John Whiting	Mildred "Milly" Jones and her children, Kitty, Sophia, Jack [John], Thacker, Charles and Mildred Jones	Mildred Jones was 40 years old and to be freed immediately. The children and the dates were to be free were: Kitty, 12, 1/1/1828; Sophia, ten, 1/1/1830; Jack, 8, 1/1/1832; Thacker, six, 1/1/1834; Charles, four, 1/1/1836; and Mildred, six months, 1/1/1839. [John or "Jack" Jones was also known as John Whiting.]	Jacob Hoffman, Samuel Wallace	K-2:42
12/8/1819	John Constantine Generes	Annette, Bernard	Annette, 2, and Bernarad, 1, were the children of Kitty and were bound to serve until they had each attained the age of 21.	Isaac Kell, Robert J. Taylor	K-2:31
12/20/1819	Letty Minor (free black)	Milly Middleton and her children, Harriet, Susan and Alfred	Milly Middleton ("black") was Letty Minor's daughter. Her children were "infants."	Richard H. Litle, Burr W. Powell	I-2:360
12/22/1819