Emancipation of Henny Jones · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Emancipation of Henny Jones
location: Residence of George Dent Alexander
Identifier: EV_2978
first name: Henny
last name: Jones
name note: Possibly Henrietta?
age: Older Person
age description: Over 45 years old (<1773)
event type: Manumission
event date: 1818-10-27
source: "Deed of Manumission for Henny Jones." (1818) 1819. In Alexandria County Deed Book. I-2:86-87. As found on The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery: "Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790-1863." https://www.freedmenscemetery.org/resources/documents/manumissions.shtml (accessed 27 October 2024).
emancipated person: Henny Jones
enslaver: George Dent Alexander