A Guide to the Samuel Overton Papers, 1806
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 26895
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Preferred Citation
Samuel Overton Papers, 1806. Accession 26895. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 5 April 1968.
Biographical/Historical Information
Marcia Smith Overton (b. ca. 1794) and John Willis (b. ca. 1798) were the children of Betty Kinney, a slave of Christopher Smith's.
Scope and Content Information
Deed of emancipation by Samuel Overton of Hanover County, Virginia, for Marcia Smith Overton and John Willis, children of Betty Kinney. The deed was dated 5 April 1806 and was recorded in Henrico County, Virginia, on 7 April 1806. This deed can be found in Henrico County Deed Book 7, 1803-1806, pp. 442-443.