07/19/1823: Woods, Baley M. emancipates Letitia (Letitia)

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Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign Platte County Black History Repository

Entry/Object ID

DE.0004

Collection

1821-1868 Platte County, MO, Deeds

Archive Items Details

Description

Baley M. Woods of Dallas County, Alabama, executes his Last Will and Testament and bequeaths "… One Negro girl named Delphy…" to Margaret E. Tate, daughter of Caleb Tate…" "It is my will and desire that a female slave named Letitia now about 3 or 4 years old be emancipated and that my Executors do apply to the legislature for that purpose." Filed in Platte County Missouri on March 30, 1842 and recorded by May 10, 1842.

Date(s) of Creation

7/19/1823

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Enslaved

Other Name

Letitia

Name Type

Free Blacks

Other Name

Letitia

Name Type

Enslaver

Other Name

Woods, Baley M.

Other Numbers

Number Type

Source Citation

Other Number

Vol. A 1839-1843: De.A.202

Copyright

Copyright Details

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Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

5/24/2025

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Robin Nava

Date

6/30/2025

General Notes

Note

1823.07.19 De.A.202 Woods to Tate.jpg

Note

BAAC workbook: 1821-1868 Deeds CatalogIt Version.xlsx [Sheet1]

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Create Date

September 2, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

07/19/1823: Woods, Baley M. emancipates Letitia (Letitia)