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