1856 - Jones to Grayson - Bedford Co, VA

Dublin Core

Title

1856 - Jones to Grayson - Bedford Co, VA

Date

Manumission Item Data Item Type Metadata

Location

Date

02/25/1856

Manumitter

Manumitted

Number of Persons

~

Executor

Lafayett Lee

Text of Freedom Document

Deed Book 38, Pg 212
Whereas Sarah Jones late of the county of Bedford and state of Virginia by her last will and
testament as which has been lawfully admitted to probate in the county court of said county
emancipated her negro man slave called Grayson, I Lafayette Lee as the administrator with the
will annexed of said decedent do hereby assent to the legacy of freedom aforesaid to said slave
Grayson
Witness my hand and seal this 22nd day of Feby. 1856
Lafayette Lee seal
At a court held for Bedford County at the courthouse the 25th day of February 1856
This deed of emancipation from Lafayette Lee administrator with the will annexed of Sarah
Jones decd. to Grayson and a late slave of the said decedent was produced in court and
acknowledged by the said Lafayette Lee and ordered to be recorded.
Teste
A A Arthur clk.

Record Location

B38, P212 (land) - see 1856 will

Document Type

Deed

Files

1856_Jones_Land_38_212.pdf

Citation

“1856 - Jones to Grayson - Bedford Co, VA,” Manumission Project, accessed February 16, 2025, https://manumissionproject.omeka.net/items/show/829.