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Emancipation of Abram

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Title: Emancipation of Abram
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aa6de4c4-f179-413a-84cf-8ed08f8e5648

OBJE:DATE
9 AUGUST 1850

OBJE:PLAC
Jackson, Calaveras County, California

OBJE:_DSCR
Jackson was located in Calaveras County at the time this document was executed. Later in 1854 Jackson became the County Seat of Amador County. Early Amador County records are in Calaveras County.

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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;p&gt;The following is a transcription of the Manumission Document filed in District No. 1 Court, Calaveras County, California, on 4 September, 1851, and executed on 9 August, 1850, freeing a slave named Abram.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;"Page 95, Calaveras County District No. 1 Court."&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Known to all men by these presents that I John S Wallace&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;of Calaveras County and territory of California&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;have on this 9th day of August in the year of&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred &amp;amp; Fifty&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;set free and emancipated a servant man&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;by the name of Abram and do for and in&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;consideration of the sum of eight hundred dollars&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;pay to me in hand paid the receipt whereof&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;is hereby acknowleged, do hereby emancipate and&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;set free and do by these presents do make and&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;coml.... said Abram a free man to all&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;intent and purposes as though he was born&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;free, and I the said John S Wallace do&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;bind myself to warrant and defend said&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Abram in his freedom free from the claim&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;of myself my heirs Executors and Administrators&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;and also from my person or persons&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;claiming by through or under me or them.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Given under my hand this day and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;date written&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;JOHN S WALLACE&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;I hereby certify that John S Wallace did appear&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;before me this 9th day of August 1850 and&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;acknowledge the forgoing instrument to be his&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;act and deed for the purposes therein&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;CHARLES ROYNTON&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Justice of the Peace&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Dist. No. 1&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Calaveras County&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Cal.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Filed &amp;nbsp;4th Sept AD 1851"&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Phillip Newton Hufft paid the $800.00 to John S. Wallace, the purchase price of Abram's freedom and contracted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;with Abram to repay the $800.00 by working the debt off at a rate of $4.00 per day.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;It is unknown how long Abram worked for Phillip to repay the debt.&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;The original of this transcription is on file at&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;CALAVERAS COUNTY ARCHIVES&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;891 Mountain Ranch Road&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;San Andreas, California 95249&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line></content></metadataxml>

OBJE:_CREA
2020-01-19 07:39:08.000

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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
Phillip Newton Hufft
about 1819
205 Kentucky, USA
0 February 7, 1878
146 59 Placerville, El Dorado, California, USA
Never
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