1848 - Bratton to Edmund - Montgomery Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Location
Date
09/05/1848
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Dorothea Bratton of the county of Montgomery and state of Virginia have manumitted and set free, and by these presents do manumit and set free my negro man slave named Edmund. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of August 1848.
Dorothea Bratton (seal)
Witness
Eld. R Anderson
Paris Taylor
Virginia.
At a Court held for Montgomery County at the court house the 7th day of August 1848. This deed of emancipation from Dorothea Bratton to Edmund was presented in court and proven by the oaths of Eldred R Anderson and Paris Taylor the witnesses thereto subscribed, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, R.D. Montague, C.
Dorothea Bratton (seal)
Witness
Eld. R Anderson
Paris Taylor
Virginia.
At a Court held for Montgomery County at the court house the 7th day of August 1848. This deed of emancipation from Dorothea Bratton to Edmund was presented in court and proven by the oaths of Eldred R Anderson and Paris Taylor the witnesses thereto subscribed, and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, R.D. Montague, C.
Record Location
WB 7, pg 479
Files
Collection
Citation
“1848 - Bratton to Edmund - Montgomery Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 10, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1195.