1844 - Price to Mary J. Henry - Rockbridge Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1844 - Price to Mary J. Henry - Rockbridge Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Location

Date

08/29/1844

Manumitter

Number of Persons

3

Text of Freedom Document

This Indenture made this 28th day of August 1844, by Sarah Price at present of the county of Rockbridge witnesseth that whereas Mary, Judith and Joseph Henry children of Williamson Henry by a woman now deceased named Mary, and who was my slave, the said Mary, Judith & Joseph, having been raised by the said Williamson, and in consideration of the premises, I have by these presents manumitted and given the said Mary J., Judith & Joseph Henry their freedom, and I hereby release and discharge them from any further service to me and my heirs. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the date above written.

Sarah Price (seal)

Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of

Clerks Office Rockbridge County Court, August 29th, 1844
This deed from Sarah Price to Mary J, Judith and Joseph Henry children of Williamson Henry & Mary his wife now dec’d was this day produced to me, acknowledged by said Sarah Price, and admitted to record.

Teste, David Hutcheson D.C.

Record Location

Deed Book Y:115

Document Type

deed

Notes

mother and her two children

Files

1844_Rockbridge_Price to Mary_DB_Y_115.jpg

Citation

“1844 - Price to Mary J. Henry - Rockbridge Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 10, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1227.