1854 - Horner to Richard Thornton - Fauquier Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
09/05/1854
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
I Inman Homer of the County of Fauquier and State of Virginia for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me in hand paid do hereby emancipate my slave Richard Thornton, son of Sonny Ingram dec’d he being a mulatto and aged between twenty one and twenty two. Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of September 1854.
Inman Homer (seal)
Clerk’s Office of Fauquier County Court 5th day of September 1854
This deed of emancipation from Inman Homer to Richard Thornton a slave was acknowledged by said Homer and admitted to record.
Teste, Wm H Jennings CC
Inman Homer (seal)
Clerk’s Office of Fauquier County Court 5th day of September 1854
This deed of emancipation from Inman Homer to Richard Thornton a slave was acknowledged by said Homer and admitted to record.
Teste, Wm H Jennings CC
Record Location
DB 54:44
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1854 - Horner to Richard Thornton - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed May 15, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1650.