1857 - Stras to Johnson - Tazewell Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/29/1857
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Stras of the County of Tazewell do hereby emancipate & set free a certain mulatto slave named Johnson who is about 48 years of age & a tanner by trade. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this 22nd day of September 1857.
J. Stras (seal)
Virginia: In the Clerkâs Office of Tazewell County Court the 29th day of November 1857.
This deed of emancipation from Joseph Stras to Johnson (a slave) was presented in the office aforesaid the above date & acknowledged before the clerk of said county by said Stras and admitted to record.
Teste,
S.S. Graham Clk
J. Stras (seal)
Virginia: In the Clerkâs Office of Tazewell County Court the 29th day of November 1857.
This deed of emancipation from Joseph Stras to Johnson (a slave) was presented in the office aforesaid the above date & acknowledged before the clerk of said county by said Stras and admitted to record.
Teste,
S.S. Graham Clk
Record Location
DB 12:264
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1857 - Stras to Johnson - Tazewell Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 12, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1965.