Emancipation of Elvira · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Elvira
location: Residence of George Washington Parke Custis
Identifier: EV_2711
first name: Elvira
name note: Also known as Eloisa
event type: Manumission
event date: 1818-05-14
notes: Deceased by time of manumission of son, Charles [ED_01394]
source: "John, et.al.: Deed of Emancipation, 1818." (1818) 1826. Arlington County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1796-1853. Library of Virginia. Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative. https://rosetta.virginiamemory.com/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3427025. (Accessed 25 October 2024.)
place: Alexandria County, DC
place type: County
participant: Elvey
enslaver: George Washington Parke Custis