This collection contains manumission records signed by slaveholder Julia Treadway that granted Stephen Jamison freedom. There is an application allowing him to serve in the 4th Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War that includes an Evidence of Title proving Treadway’s enslavement of Jamison, Treadway’s Claimant’s Certificate and Oath of Allegiance to the United States. In addition, there is a Deed of Manumission and Release of Service for Jamison.