1825--Manumission of an extended family

Title: 1825--Manumission of an extended family
Date: 1825
Formatted date: 1825-01-22
Event type: Manumission
Description: George Kite executed a deed of manumission for the people he enslaved, dated 22 Jan, 1825, filed with the clerk on 7 Feb, 1825.; He then took the group of freed people to Butler County, Ohio where he leased a farm and put in a crop. He returned to Boone County sometime in early 1826, leaving the formerly enslaved people in Ohio.; He wrote his will on 14 Mar, 1826 and reenforced his desire to manumit the people he enslaved. The will was filed during the October term of the Boone County Court, 1826.
Participant: African American(s:) Joseph, Gin, woman (not named,) Hannah,
Samuel, Eliza, Adelphia and Mary Catherine; Kite, Gin; Kite, Eliza; Kite, Adelphia; Kite, Mary Catherine; Kite, Samuel; Hind, Hannah; Kite, Joseph; Enslaver(s:) Kite, George; Kite, George Windlecoit, Sr.
Location: Boone County (Ky.)
Following Event: 1826--Kidnapping of the Kite Family
Bibliographic citation: Boone County Will Book B, page 277; Boone County Deed Book F, page 226; "Ole Virginny; Uncle Joe Kyte's Story of His Life," The Cincinnati Commercial, 28 Feb 1875
Source: Boone County Will Books; Boone County Deed Books; Cincinnati Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1865-1883; The