Emancipation of Betsey · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Betsey
location: Residence of Samuel Birch Sr.
Identifier: EV_1752
first name: Betsey
name note: Likely Elizabeth
event type: Manumission
event date: 1825-06-24
source: "Deed of Manumission of Alice, Fanny, Betsey, James, John Henry, and Sarah." (1825) 1829. In Alexandria County Deed Book. R-2:367-368. As found in "Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790-1863," The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery, https://www.freedmenscemetery.org/resources/documents/manumissions.shtml (accessed 31 July 2024).
emancipated person: Betsy
enslaver: Joseph Birch Sr.; Thomas Birch; James Birch; Joseph Birch Jr.; Caleb Birch Sr.; Elizabeth Birch Taylor; William Birch; John Birch Sr.; Samuel Birch Sr.; Isaac Birch