1799 - Taylor to Penny - Wythe Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
11/13/1799
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all mankind that I George Conway Taylor of the county of Orange have thought it proper to emancipate & manumit, and do hereby emancipate, manumit & declare free Penny, a mulatto girl heretofore my property, and in testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of November 1799.
Attest George Conway Taylor (seal)
Alexander Smyth
D Sheffey
Stephen Sanders
At a court continued & held for the county of Wythe the 13th day of November 1799. This deed of emancipation from George Conway Taylor to Penny a mulatto girl, the property of the said George Conway Taylor was exhibited in court & person by the oaths of Alexander Smyth, D. Sheffey & Stephen Sanders the witnesses thereto whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
R Crockett Clk
Attest George Conway Taylor (seal)
Alexander Smyth
D Sheffey
Stephen Sanders
At a court continued & held for the county of Wythe the 13th day of November 1799. This deed of emancipation from George Conway Taylor to Penny a mulatto girl, the property of the said George Conway Taylor was exhibited in court & person by the oaths of Alexander Smyth, D. Sheffey & Stephen Sanders the witnesses thereto whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
R Crockett Clk
Record Location
DB 2:455
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1799 - Taylor to Penny - Wythe Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed November 13, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/1970.