1856 - Janney to James - Fairfax Co, VA
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
10/21/1856
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Self Purchase Amount
$500
Text of Freedom Document
Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Janney of Prince William County in the State of Virginia, in consideration of five hundred dollars to me in hand paid by a negro man named James Washington, a resident of the County of Fairfax, in the state aforesaid, do hereby manumit and set free the said James from slavery. The said James is now about fifty years old and was by me purchased from William Selecman with the intention to permit him by his earnings to pay for himself and thereby obtain his liberty. Given under my hand and seal this twentieth day of October 1856.
Joseph Janney (seal)
In the Clerkâs Office of Fairfax County Court October 21st 1856. This deed from Joseph Janney to James Washington was acknowledged by said grantor before me to be his act and admitted to record.
Teste, Thomas Moore D.C.
Joseph Janney (seal)
In the Clerkâs Office of Fairfax County Court October 21st 1856. This deed from Joseph Janney to James Washington was acknowledged by said grantor before me to be his act and admitted to record.
Teste, Thomas Moore D.C.
Record Location
LR Y-3:83
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1856 - Janney to James - Fairfax Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed June 16, 2026, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/3508.