1841 - Geiger to Sally Jackson - Staunton, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/23/1841
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I George Geiger in consideration of the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged & for divers other good causes me thereto moving have emancipated & set free & at liberty & do by these presents emancipate & set free & at liberty for ever a certain negro woman named Sally Jackson heretofore my property & do hereby authorize and permit the said Sally Jackson to act & to be to all interests henceforth & forever as a free woman releasing to her all right of future [illegible]. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 23rd day of Jany 1841.
Witness Geo Geiger (seal)
Robert P Kinney
Will Trout
Tho’s J Michie
In the Corporation Court of Staunton Jany Term 1841
This deed of emancipation from Geo Geiger to Sally Jackson being presented in court was duly acknowledged by the said Geo Geiger and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
E Stribling CC
Witness Geo Geiger (seal)
Robert P Kinney
Will Trout
Tho’s J Michie
In the Corporation Court of Staunton Jany Term 1841
This deed of emancipation from Geo Geiger to Sally Jackson being presented in court was duly acknowledged by the said Geo Geiger and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
E Stribling CC
Record Location
WB 2:9
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1841 - Geiger to Sally Jackson - Staunton, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 14, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1743.