Deed records provide a valuable resource listing slave manumissions for each county. Information includes slave name, owner name, manumission date, freedom date, age and in some cases family relations.
Also included in the records are the sale of slaves to many parts of the southern United States. Keep in mind many manumissions are not recorded in land records. Another area to explore are wills and other estate records.
Always view the original manumission in the deed records as other information may be listed.
Frederick County Manumissions 1748-1867