Manumission (Phillis)

On December 16, 1793, Joseph Gibbons, son of William Gibbons, late of “Sharon of the County of Chatham,” freed “a Negroe woman Phillis [alt: Phyllis].” Gibbons noted that he had inherited some real estate and personal estate from his father’s will and “whereas among the personal estate divided off to me by the Executors there was a Negroe woman named Phillis who had suckled and nursed me when I was an Infant, now know Ye that in consideration of the Services received by me of the said Negro Woman Phillis, I the said Joseph Gibbons do hereby manumitt, discharge, and set free the set Negroe Woman Phillis of and from all slavery and servitude in as full and effectual a manner as any black woman can be from me, my Heirs, Executors, or administrators, in every respect whatever.” Witnessed by G. Brownson. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on December 16, 1793.