Marty and Karla Grant

!DEED:13 Apr 1764 Brunswick Co., NC Deed Book B, p. 421
To all to whom these presents shall or may concern, I John Davis of Brunswick County aforesaid, Esquire do by these presents set free my Negro woman GRACE for and in consideration of her meritorious services and I do hereby confirm her said freedom in as full and ample manner if she said woman Grace had never been a slave.
Witness my hand and seal this the thirteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty four.
S: John Davis
Witnesses: Elizabeth Davis, Roger Davis.
June Term 1790. Shewith in manumation was proved in court which admitted and ordered the same to be recorded. Fredward? H---;







!NOTES:From Debra Wint-Smith (2017):
Here is where I found the Richard and Grace Davis information:
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/
In the search criteria, select North Carolina, and the year 1791, keyword Grace Davis.


Grace Davis and her eldest son Richard represent that John Davis in 1784 "by certain Instruments of writing did manumit them." They further relate that Grace has "continued to enjoy all the rights of a free Woman" and that Richard "has ever enjoyed the Priviledge of a Freeman," even serving "as an artilleryman in the cause of liberty." Grace, having "borne a number of children all of whom have & do continue to enjoy their freedom," is advised that her manumission "is not perfect more especially as to her Children without an act of Assembly." The petitioners therefore "humbly pray your honorable body to take such measures as in your great wisdom shall think necessary."


!CENSUS:1790 x


!CENSUS:1800 x