1857 - Sheffey to Sophy Edwards, Louisa Sheffey Edwards - Augusta Co, VA
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Title
1857 - Sheffey to Sophy Edwards, Louisa Sheffey Edwards - Augusta Co, VA
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/11/1857
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
2
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Hugh W Sheffey of the Town of Staunton in the State of Virginia do hereby set free and emancipate my slaves Sophy Edwards formerly Sophy Johnson and her infant female child Louisa Sheffey Edwards; and do declare the said Sophy and Louisa S. and their future increase discharged from any service and from the claim control or domain of all persons whatsoever. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of November 1857.
Hugh W Sheffey (seal)
Clerkâs office of the Court of Augusta County November the 11th 1857
This deed of Emancipation from Hugh W. Sheffey to Sophia Edwards formerly Sophie Johnson and her infant child Louisa Sheffey Edwards, was this day presented in the office aforesaid and acknowledged by the said Hugh W. Sheffey before me deputy clerk of the court aforesaid, and admitted to record.
Teste, William A. Barnett Clk
Hugh W Sheffey (seal)
Clerkâs office of the Court of Augusta County November the 11th 1857
This deed of Emancipation from Hugh W. Sheffey to Sophia Edwards formerly Sophie Johnson and her infant child Louisa Sheffey Edwards, was this day presented in the office aforesaid and acknowledged by the said Hugh W. Sheffey before me deputy clerk of the court aforesaid, and admitted to record.
Teste, William A. Barnett Clk
Record Location
WB 36:165
Document Type
Deed
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Collection
Citation
“1857 - Sheffey to Sophy Edwards, Louisa Sheffey Edwards - Augusta Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1413.