1828 - Grinnan to Massey - Spotsylvania Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
12/01/1828
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Grinnan of the Town of Fredericksburg & State of Virginia do by these presents hereby liberate from the bondage of slavery a mulatto man called or named Dade Massey about thirty six years old, about five feet seven inches high & of considerable impediment of speech. But upon this express understanding & conditions that the said Dade Massey shall forthwith no more without the limits of the aforesaid State of Virginia & shall so continue out of the said State & shall dwell & remove in the State wherein his present wife, a black woman named Grace shall be settled, but should the said Dade Massey evade or not comply with the said conditions he shall be & remain my slave. Witness my hand & seal this 29th day of November 1828.
In presence of Daniel Grinnan (seal)
Jn L. Marye
John James Chew
Tho. H. Botts
At a court held for Spotsylvania County the 1st day of December 1828
This deed of emancipation from Daniel Grinnan to Dade Massey was proved by the oaths of John L. Marye and Thomas H. Botts two of the witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste, R.L. Stevenson CC
In presence of Daniel Grinnan (seal)
Jn L. Marye
John James Chew
Tho. H. Botts
At a court held for Spotsylvania County the 1st day of December 1828
This deed of emancipation from Daniel Grinnan to Dade Massey was proved by the oaths of John L. Marye and Thomas H. Botts two of the witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded.
Teste, R.L. Stevenson CC
Record Location
DB CC:1
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1828 - Grinnan to Massey - Spotsylvania Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 6, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2404.