Emancipation Certificate for Joshua Johnson, April 2, 1860
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Author
Chafin, Charles A.
Subject
Legacies
Slavery
Slaves -- Emancipation
Virginia -- Rockbridge County
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This document was issued and signed by Charles A. Chafin, the Clerk of the County Court of Rockbridge. The document asserts that Joshua Johnson is a free man of colour, aged twenty one years. He was emancipated by Robert Hutcheson, Executor of the last will and testament of Hugh Adams, deceased. The available file is a PDF made from scans of the original document.