1857 - Hall to Christian King - Fauquier Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1857 - Hall to Christian King - Fauquier Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

05/30/1857

Manumitter

Manumitted

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I Edward Hall of the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me in hand paid, as well as for divers other causes and considerations me thereunto moving, hath manumitted and set free forever, my slave Christian King who is a negro woman aged about thirty years and I do by these presents forever manumit and set free her the said Christian King and release her from bondage and service to me and my heirs, executors, and administrators forever; In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of May 1857.
Edw’d Hall (seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
French Glascock
Alexander Pierson

Clerk’s Office of Fauquier County Court May 30th 1857
This deed was proved in the office by the oaths of French Glascock and Alexander Pierson and admitted to record.
Teste, Wm H Jennings CC

Record Location

DB 56:217

Document Type

Deed

Files

1857_Fauquier_Hall to Christian_DB 56_217.jpg

Citation

“1857 - Hall to Christian King - Fauquier Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1657.