Pompey Tuckson

207> Pompey Tuckson -- Born 1778. Listed as orphan in 1791 (mother dead by 1788). Residing at Old Ordinary in 1782 and 1785, at Libra in 1788, 1791, and 1796. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1800. Emancipated by deed dated January 6, 1800; deed proved in Frederick County Court, January 7, 1800. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, Pt. 1, pp. 7, 30, and pt. 2, PP. 10, 26, 52; "2d Book of 'Miscellanies," p. 58; James Harrison's Int'er'tory of Sundry Effects at Old Ordinary Plantation, January 1, 1785, Chicago Historical Society; Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 9; Frederick County Deed Book 26, 1799-1800, VSA microfilm, P. 236; Frederick County Order Book 33, 1799-1800, VSA microfilm, P. 225.