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

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)

Clerk’s 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

Files

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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.