1854 - Howard to Robert - Orange Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
10/07/1854
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Charles P. Howard of the County of Orange and State of Virginia have manumitted, emancipate and set free a negro man slave named Robert a bright mulatto who was born my property in the year 1828 and now in his twenty sixth year. And I hereby declare him the said Robert to be entirely liberated from slavery and entitled to all the rights & privileges of a free person with which it is in my power to vest him. Given under my hand & seal this seventh day of October 1854.
Charles P. Howard (seal)
Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Orange Octo 7 1854
This deed of emancipation was this day acknowledged before me in the office aforesaid by Charles P. Howard a party thereto and admitted to record.
Teste
Charles P. Howard (seal)
Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Orange Octo 7 1854
This deed of emancipation was this day acknowledged before me in the office aforesaid by Charles P. Howard a party thereto and admitted to record.
Teste
Record Location
DB 43:245
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1854 - Howard to Robert - Orange Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed March 5, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/2763.