Description
A multi-page legal document, including an original manuscript and a later typewritten transcript, detailing the estate of George W. Summers of Kanawha County. The will outlines the conditional manumission of several enslaved individuals, including Frederick, Jim, Sandy, and Jackson. Following specified periods of service. It further provides for the distribution of real estate, including the "Walnut Grove" farm in Putnam County and a dwelling house near Charleston, among his wife, Amacetta, his sisters, and his three children.Date(s) of Creation
1849 - 1868Search Terms
Slavery, End of Life
