1842 - Danner to Griffin Taylor - Winchester, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/01/1842
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Michael Danner of Winchester Virginia have emancipated & set free & by this instrument do emancipate & set free my negro man Griffin commonly called Griffin Taylor & I hereby discharge & release said negro from all claims to servitude & hereby declare & ordain that he shall be from henceforth a free man. Witness my hand & seal this 20th day of December 1841.
Witnesses Mich’l Danner (seal)
Lem’l Bent
D.W. Barton
At a court held for the Corporation of Winchester the 1st day of January 1842.
This deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Lemuel Bent and David W. Barton witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Lem’l Bent Clk
Witnesses Mich’l Danner (seal)
Lem’l Bent
D.W. Barton
At a court held for the Corporation of Winchester the 1st day of January 1842.
This deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Lemuel Bent and David W. Barton witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste,
Lem’l Bent Clk
Record Location
DB 8:359
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1842 - Danner to Griffin Taylor - Winchester, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed December 10, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2118.