1848 - Taylor to Othello - Rockbridge Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Location
Date
10/02/1848
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Susan P. Taylor of the town of Lexington State of Virginia from motives of benevolence & humanity and for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars have manumitted and hereby do manumit and set free from slavery my negro man Othello aged fifty one years. And I do hereby give grant and release unto the said Othello all my right, title and claim of in and to the estate and property which he may hereafter acquire or obtain. Witness my hand & seal.
Susan Preston Taylor
Lexington October 2nd 1848
Teste
JW McClenny
J McDowell Taylor
At Rockbridge County Court October 2nd 1848
This deed of emancipation from Susan Preston Taylor to her slave Othello was produced in court, proved by the oaths of James W McClenny and James McDowell Taylor subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Saml. MD Reid CRC
Susan Preston Taylor
Lexington October 2nd 1848
Teste
JW McClenny
J McDowell Taylor
At Rockbridge County Court October 2nd 1848
This deed of emancipation from Susan Preston Taylor to her slave Othello was produced in court, proved by the oaths of James W McClenny and James McDowell Taylor subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, Saml. MD Reid CRC
Record Location
Deed Book AA:162
Document Type
deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1848 - Taylor to Othello - Rockbridge Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1233.