1856 - Crawford to Thomas Crawford - Augusta Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1856 - Crawford to Thomas Crawford - Augusta Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

01/28/1856

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I George W Crawford of the County of Augusta in the State of Virginia in consideration of the kind feeling & good will I have toward my servant man Thomas Crawford do hereby manumit & set free the said Thomas Crawford & do declare him henceforth to all intents and purposes a free man.
Witness my hand & seal this 22nd day of January 1856.
G.W. Crawford (seal)

State of Virginia
Augusta County 5 Sept
I William D Anderson a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George W Crawford whose name is signed to the writing above dated the 22nd day of January 1856 hath acknowledged the same before me in my said county.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of January 1856.
Wm. D Anderson JP

Augusta County Court January the 28th 1856
This deed of emancipation from George W Crawford to Thomas Crawford & was this day presented in court and being acknowledged by the said George W. Crawford before a Justice of the Peace is with his certificate admitted to be recorded.
Teste, Jefferson Kinney Clk

Record Location

WB 35:22

Document Type

Deed

Files

1856_Augusta_Crawford to Crawford_WB35_22.jpg

Citation

“1856 - Crawford to Thomas Crawford - Augusta Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1407.