1864 - Peary to Thomas - Tazewell Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1864 - Peary to Thomas - Tazewell Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

02/17/1864

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Self Purchase Amount

$1,600

Text of Freedom Document

Know al men by these presents that I Mathias H. Peary of the County of Tazewell and State of Virgnia, owner and master of Thomas, a slave, do hereby emancipate and forever set free the said slave Thomas for and in consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the said slave Thomas, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge. Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of February 1864.
M.H. Peary (seal)

Virginia: In the Clerk’s Office of Tazewell County Court the 17th day of February 1864
This deed of emancipation from Mathias H. Peary to his slave Thomas dated the 17th day of February 1864 was presented in the office aforesaid the above date and acknowledged by the said Mathias H. Peary and admitted to record.
Teste, P.R. Spracher D.C.

Record Location

DB 13:365

Document Type

Deed

Files

1864_Tazewell_Peary to Thomas_DB 13_365.jpg

Citation

“1864 - Peary to Thomas - Tazewell Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 13, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1966.