259> Watt Harrison -- Born 1775. Parents unknown; listed as an orphan in 1791. Residing at Cancer/Richmond in 1782, at Nomony Hall in 1784, 1790, and 1791. Named in 1791 deed o emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1796. Received certificate of emancipation in January 1796. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 8, 24, and Pt. 2, pp. 2, 17; 2d Book of Miscellanies," pp.101-4; Letterbook, 1785-1787, p. 166; Ledger "A b," 1762- 1790, Colonial Williamsburg, p. 24; Letterbook, 1782-1784, p. 12; "List of 24 Negroes, to whom Certificates of Emancipation were delivered, by Robert Carter," January 1796, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 83, VSA.
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