1849 - Callaway to Thomas Mullen - Bedford Co, VA
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Title
1849 - Callaway to Thomas Mullen - Bedford Co, VA
Source
Date
Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata
Date
01/22/1849
Manumitter
Manumitted
Number of Persons
1
Witnesses
WC Irvine, J Overstreet
Text of Freedom Document
Deed Book 34, Pg 166
Know all men by these presents that I John Callaway of Bedford County have manumitted
emancipated and set free and by these presents do manumit emancipate and set free, and by these
presents do manumit emancipate and set free a negro man slave named Thomas, and sometimes
called Thomas Mullen, and I hereby declare him the said Thomas to be entirely liberated from
slavery, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is my power to
vest him. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the 3rd day of July 1849.
J Callaway seal
Teste
WC Irvine
James H. Overstreet
WH Brown
Bedford County court January 22nd 1849
This deed of emancipation from John Callaway to Thomas Mullen was produced in court,
proved by the oath of William C Irvine and William H Brown subscribing witnesses thereto and
order to be recorded.
Teste
Jno R. Steptoe
Know all men by these presents that I John Callaway of Bedford County have manumitted
emancipated and set free and by these presents do manumit emancipate and set free, and by these
presents do manumit emancipate and set free a negro man slave named Thomas, and sometimes
called Thomas Mullen, and I hereby declare him the said Thomas to be entirely liberated from
slavery, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of a free person with which it is my power to
vest him. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the 3rd day of July 1849.
J Callaway seal
Teste
WC Irvine
James H. Overstreet
WH Brown
Bedford County court January 22nd 1849
This deed of emancipation from John Callaway to Thomas Mullen was produced in court,
proved by the oath of William C Irvine and William H Brown subscribing witnesses thereto and
order to be recorded.
Teste
Jno R. Steptoe
Record Location
B34, P166 (land)
Document Type
Deed
Files
Collection
Citation
“1849 - Callaway to Thomas Mullen - Bedford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/818.