To all persons to whom these presents shall come I Nicholas Roper of the County of Frederick and Commonwealth of Virginia Send greeting, Known ye that for good causes and considerations me thereunto Moving I have emancipate and set free James
a mulatto Boy aged about eleven years, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of Dec. One thousand seven Hundred and ninety three.
Sealed and Delivered
In presence of}Nicks. Roper {seal}
Adam Douglass
Samuel Cowan
At a court held for Frederick County the 3rd day of December 1793 this Deed of Emanumission [sic] from Nicholas Roper to Mullatto [sic] James was acknowledged by the said Nicholas Roper and ordered to be recorded.
By the court
Ja Keith CC
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December Court 1793
Order Book 24, page 558
Frederick County, VA
Order to be recorded
Clerk’s Office
A deed of Manumission [sic] from Nicholas Roper to Mullatto [sic] James was acknowledged by said Roper and ordered to be recorded