EMANCIPATION: Montgomery, John, 1836 - Caldwell Co, KY From: Brenda Jerome Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:57:45 -0500 Loose County Court Papers, Caldwell Co, KY Clerk's Office "At a County Court Begin & held for the Caldwell County at the Court House in the Town of Princeton on Monday the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Six: John MONTOMGERY (a free man of Colour) produced in open Court a Deed of emancipation Setting free his negro Woman named Abbey (his wife) and his infant Son named Jackson which Deed is here ordered to be Recorded to wit: Know all men by these presents that I John Montgomery (a free man of Colour) of the County of Caldwell & State of Kentucky from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and do hereby manumit & set free from Slavery my negro woman Abbey aged about thirty three years black complexion, And my infant Son Jackson aged 6 months. And I do hereby give, grant & release to her the said Abbey and my Son of all my right, title & claim of, in and to their person & labour and Service and of in and to the estate & property which they may hereafter acquire or obtain. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal this 15th day of February 1836. John (X his mark) Montgomery Which negro woman Abbey and her child Jackson appeared in open Court and are of the description in sd. deed mentioned ... which Montgomery in open Court acknowledged to be his act ..." ************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.