1846 - Barger to Cynthia - Montgomery Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Location
Date
10/06/1846
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I do hereby emancipate and set free my negro woman slave Cynthia of the age of fifty one years and do hereby release all right and claim to her services, as fully to all intents and purposes as if she had been born free; witness my hand & seal this 5th day of October 1846.
Mary Barger (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of
Henry S Stanger
John B Helm
Virginia. In the Clerks office of Montgomery County Court the 6th day of October 1846. This deed of emancipation from Mary Barger to her slave Cynthia was delivered to me and proven by the oaths of Henry S Stanger and John B Helm the witnesses thereto subscribed and admitted to record.
R.D. Montague, C.
Mary Barger (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of
Henry S Stanger
John B Helm
Virginia. In the Clerks office of Montgomery County Court the 6th day of October 1846. This deed of emancipation from Mary Barger to her slave Cynthia was delivered to me and proven by the oaths of Henry S Stanger and John B Helm the witnesses thereto subscribed and admitted to record.
R.D. Montague, C.
Record Location
Will Book 7, pg 377
Files
Collection
Citation
“1846 - Barger to Cynthia - Montgomery Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed July 12, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1192.