In the sixth month of 1793, Abijah O'Neall and his brothers-in-law, Samuel and Robert Kelly, manumitted (freed) slaves which they had inherited from Abijah's father-in-law, John Kelly. This was recorded officially the following year, in May of 1794.  This document, shown below the citation, has been conserved in the South Carolina Archives, in Deed Book B, Entries 794-795, Newberry County:

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South Carolina
Newberry County

Know all Men by These Presents 
that we Saml Kelly, & Abijah Oneal, 
John & Robert Kelly of the County of the State aforesaid 
Planters, Heirs in the Estate of John Kelly (dec'd) which
Estate consists of some Slaves, which Slaves by Will
of Said (Dec'd) were to be divided amongst his heirs, &
we the above Named Saml Kelly, Abijah Oneal, John
& Robert Kelly, having come into Possesion of 
our Part thereof, Namely Jeffery a yellow Man of
about Forty years of age, with his wife Judith, a black
Woman, Supposed to be about that age, and their Son
Ben a yellow Man about Twenty Three years Old, one
other Old Negro Man & his Wife, Namely Jack & Dinah
Each Supposed to be near Sixty years of age, their Son
Bill a Black man Twenty Six years Old, also Cloe
Daughter of said Jack & Dinah a black Woman
aged Twenty eight years with three of her Children
Lucy a yellow Girl, Nine years old Past, since the 8th
Month last, & dick a black Boy three years Old,
Also Ben the youngest Child of said Cloe, these being
the Names & ages of our Part & Dividend of Slaves
in said (Dec'd) Estate, And we believing that Liberty
is the Natural Right of all Mankind this 27th day
of the Sixth Month 1793, have manumimis'd, enfran
chis'd, & from the bonds of Slavery forever set free,
the said Negroes Each and every of them, as above
Named, & described, To hold and enjoy Such Ma
=numition, and freedom free from any claims of ser
=vice by us, or either of us, our heirs Executors, Admi
=nistrators, or any other Person or Persons Claiming by
through or considering, they that have Arrived to the
Number of Years that is Commonally Call'd of age,
To hold and enjoy such Manumition from the
day of the date hereof, forever.  The three Children of
Cloe above mentioned to Remain in the Service & 
Care of their Aforesaid Masters, untill they are of 
age, from which Time forth & forever to be free as
above mentioned & manumited by us.  In Witness
whereof we the above Named Saml Kelly, Abijah

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O'Neal, John & Robert Kelly have hereunto set our
hands & Seals, at Bush River in the County aforesaid
the 27th day of the Sixth Month in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety Three, &
the Seventeenth Year of American Independence. 

Signed Sealed & delivered
In the Presence of us --

Agreed to before Sign'd that the above Girl Should
be free at Eighteen Years Old, and the boys at Twenty One

Jehue Inman
Henry Steddom
Samuel Miles

				Samuel Kelly (seal)
				Abijah Oneal (seal)
				John Kelly   (seal)
				Robert Kelly (seal)

South Carolina
Newberry County

Be it Remember'd that on the twelfth
day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred & Ninety Four, Personally Appear'd
Jehue Inman, one of the Subscribing Witnesses to this
Presents, and was duly Qualified as the Law directs
& Sayth that he did see Samuel Kelly, Abijah
O'neal, & John Kelly, & Robert Kelly, Sign Seal and
Acknowledge as this cast and deed, the within In
=strument of writing, & further Sayth that he did
See Henry Steddom & Samuel Miles Subscribe
their Names with Himself to the Same. --
Qualified and Subscribed to before me the day &
year above Mention:

Mercer Babb J. P.		Jehue Inman

A True Copy the Original Instrument of Writing
this 18th day of June 1794

				?? Wm Satterwhite (?)

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