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"Be it remembered that on this day, to wit, the 7th day of September in the year of our Lord 1847, personally appeared in open court here William Gwynn (Gwin) and James Gwynn (Gwin) and produced a Deed of Emancipation of their mulatto man slave named Joseph aged 24 years, which was signed and sealed by the same William Gwynn (Gwin) and James Gwynn (Gwin). And they, the said William Gwynn (Gwin) and James Gwynn (Gwin) being moved by the oaths of Robert C. Gwynn (Gwin) and William B. Almond to be the identical persons who executed the said deed, thereupon the said William Gwynn (Gwin) and James Gwynn (Gwin), in open court here, acknowledge the said Deed of Emancipation to be their voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed."Date(s) of Creation
9/7/1847