Notarial Records: Vila Nova de Souza 1852

Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers deeds of sale, writ of revocation of a will, baptism, wills, and letters of manumission recorded between 1852 and 1853. Documents the revocation of a will made by Dona Francisca Joaquina de Serqueira; deed of sale for a house sold by Antonio Rodrigues Sarmento; the certificate of baptism of a white child requested by major Saturnino José Bezerra; deed mortgaging slaves owned by José João de Figueiredo Rocha to major Saturnino José Bezerra; will of João Batista do Canto; and letters of manumission of enslaved men and women owned by Captain Francisco Pereira de Souza, Manoella Maria de Comceiçao, Francisco Antonio Barreto de Sa, Manoel de Souza Rulim, and others. Recorded in Vila Nova de Sousa by notary public Domiciano de Souza Videres.

Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Book with original hardcover, severely damaged by water, iron gall ink, and tearing. Book is numerated through folio 50.

Creator (Author): Notary public Domiciano de Sousa Videres.