1842 - Barton to John - Winchester, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1842 - Barton to John - Winchester, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Date

01/08/1842

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

1

Text of Freedom Document

Know all men by these presents that I David W. Barton of Winchester Va. have emancipated and set free my negro man named John sold to me by the widow & heirs of Thomas Rust dec’d & I hereby discharge said John from all claims which I have to his services & hereby declare & ordain that he shall be henceforth a free man.
Witness my hand & seal this 31st of December 1841.
D.W. Barton (seal)

At a court held for the Corporation of Winchester the 8th day of January 1842.
This deed of emancipation was acknowledged by David W. Barton and ordered to be recorded. And it is ordered to be certified that the said negro is of sound mind and body, and under the age of forty five years.
Teste,
Lem. Bent Clk

Record Location

DB 8:359

Document Type

Deed

Files

1842_Winchester_David to John_DB 8_359.jpg

Citation

“1842 - Barton to John - Winchester, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 15, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2117.