Manumission (Jack)

On July 22, 1790, it was registered in Liberty County Superior Court that on March 27, 1779, Reverend John Forbes, Alexander Skinner and William Alexander of the East Florida province, as executors of the last will and testament of the late Colin McKinzie of the same province, had affirmed that “whereas the said Colin McKinzie by his Last Will and Testament of date the Sixth day of June [1778] hath directed that a Mulatto man, named Jack, the property of the said Colin McKinzie, shall be free, we the said John Forbes, Alexander Skinner and William Alexander, as aforesaid have manumitted, enfranchised and set at liberty the said mulatto Slave named Jack and by these presents do manumit, enfranchise, and set at liberty the said mulatto man named Jack, and for ourselves, our and every of our heirs, executors and administrators do hereby and forever renounce, release, and quit claim to any right, title, interest, or property in the servitude of the said mulatto man named Jack…”  The original deed was witnessed by Wade Stubbs in East Florida, and he appeared before “the Honourable Robert Casherwood Esq. One of His Majesties [sic] Assistant Judges for the province aforesaid” to swear that he had seen William Alexander and John Forbes seal and deliver the above deed. [NOTE: The reason this 1779 East Florida deed was recorded in Liberty County in 1790 was not specified.]