Orange County Indexed

Marriage contract, 6 December 1830

Set out a marriage contract between Richard Freeman and Sarah Foust: the enslaved people she owned stayed her separate property unless used on the plantation, and she gave up any dower claim if she outlived him. Proved in county court (OCPQS 13/273).

Date: 6 December 1830
Record: Marriage contract
Citation: Orange County Deed Book 25/310
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From: Richard Freeman
To: Sarah Foust
People whose names were not recorded: Slaves (her separate property, not named)

Elsewhere in Orange County Indexed

The deed in the historic deeds collection, with its published abstract: Richard Freeman to Sarah Foust, 6 December 1830

Sources

Orange County Register of Deeds, Expanded Collection of All Sales of Enslaved People in Orange County (2021), abstracts by Mark Chilton. This entry summarizes Chilton’s abstract. Orange County Indexed wrote the description.

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