Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Would she have sold the land as a widow or as a married woman? Trying to bracket those dates. Caroline -----Original Message----- From: raf <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [SCCHARLE] RENUNCIATION? SAME AS MANUMISSION? > > >> I found a legal document that says my ancestor Catherine Henry, wife of >> Jacob Henry, to John Brownlee, renunciation. Dated 1793. >> >> Can someone explain what this is, please? > >Renunciation was a release of dower rights, usually involving the sale of >land. Manumission was the term for the document that gave freedom to a >slave. > >Randy > > > > >==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== >Lots of holdings on Charleston County Families >South Carolina Historical Society >http://www.schistory.org >