1860 - Kean to John Tidball - Winchester, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
02/03/1860
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Self Purchase Amount
$800
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Kean of the Town of Winchester Virginia, do hereby emancipate and set free my slave John Tidball, a mulatto aged about 38 years, in consideration of eight hundred dollars paid to me by Fanny Tidball a free woman the wife of said John Tidball.
Given under my hand & seal this 3rd day of February 1860.
J. Kean (seal)
Corporation of Winchester to wit
On the 3rd day of February 1860 this deed of emancipation was acknowledged before me Clerk of the Court of the Corporation aforesaid by Joseph Kean party thereto & admitted to record.
M. W. Page CRCC
Given under my hand & seal this 3rd day of February 1860.
J. Kean (seal)
Corporation of Winchester to wit
On the 3rd day of February 1860 this deed of emancipation was acknowledged before me Clerk of the Court of the Corporation aforesaid by Joseph Kean party thereto & admitted to record.
M. W. Page CRCC
Record Location
DB 11:42
Document Type
Deed
Notes
a man's freedom being purchased by his wife, a free woman
Files
Collection
Citation
“1860 - Kean to John Tidball - Winchester, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed April 15, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2132.