1856 - Webb to Elias - Tazewell Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
07/02/1856
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Mary Webb owner of Elias, a slave purchased by me from Joseph Davidson, do hereby emancipate and make free the said Elias releasing him from all liability to serve me or any other person claiming through me forever. Witness my hand and seal this 28th May 1856.
Test, Mary Webb (seal)
Henry Gillespie
Elisha Compton
Virginia: In the County Court of Tazewell the 2nd day of July 1856
The above deed of emancipation from Mary Webb to her slave Elias setting him forever free was presented in court the above date & proved by the oath of Henry Gillespie a subscribing witness thereto and having been proved in court the 30th day of May 1856 by the oath of Elisha Compton another subscribing thereto was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, P.R. Spracher D.C.
Test, Mary Webb (seal)
Henry Gillespie
Elisha Compton
Virginia: In the County Court of Tazewell the 2nd day of July 1856
The above deed of emancipation from Mary Webb to her slave Elias setting him forever free was presented in court the above date & proved by the oath of Henry Gillespie a subscribing witness thereto and having been proved in court the 30th day of May 1856 by the oath of Elisha Compton another subscribing thereto was ordered to be recorded.
Teste, P.R. Spracher D.C.
Record Location
DB 12:71
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1856 - Webb to Elias - Tazewell Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed January 15, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1964.