Hannah Newman

(243) Hannah Newman -- Born 1776. Daughter of Rachel <499; mother of Dennis <607>. Residing at Taurus in 1785. Sent from Taurus to Capricorn in January 1788. Residing at. Capricorn in 1789 and 1791. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1795. Received certificate of emancipation in 1795. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 7, 23, and pt. 2, pp. 20, 26; "2d Book of Miscellanies, p. 109; Letterbook, 1787-1 789, pp. 18, 63; Westmoreland County Personal Property Tax List, 1785, VSA; William McClannaham's Inventory of Sundry Effects at Taurus, January 1, 1785, C.F.P., 1651- 1861, Sect. 36 (Mss] C2468 a2103), VHS; "List of Persons, to whom Certificates of Emancipation have been delivered, manumitted by Robert Carter," 1795, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 82, VSA.

<607> Dennis -- Born 1792. Son of Hannah Newman <243>. Residing at Capricorn in 1796. Source: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 2, p. 51.