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265. meaning thereof and according to the Acts of Assembly in such case made and provided. Acknowledged before James Rea Elijah B. Stevens Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was Ex.d from recorded on the 27.th day of January 1845, To wit: Richard Stevens Know all men by these presents that I Richard Stevens of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of twelve hundred and twenty eight dollars & twelve cents current money to me in hand paid by Elijah B. Stevens of the said county and state at and before the sealing and delivering of these presents the receipt whereof I the said Richard Stevens do hereby acknowledge have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell unto the said Elijah B. Stevens, his Executors, administrators & assigns all the goods and chattels herein after particularly mentioned that is to say one negro woman Ann, one Boy Joseph, one Boy Samuel, one Boy Levin, one negro man Jonathan, one man March, Three head of Horses, three Yoke of Oxen, two Carts, one Gig and Harness, one Loom, twenty head of horned Cattle, fifteen sheep, twelve Hogs, five cuting Axes and three Guns all and singular which goods and chattels are now remaining standing and being in a certain messuage or tenement situate in the said County and now in the occupation of the said Elijah B. Stevens. To have and to hold all and singular the said goods and chattels and other the premises above bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be to the said Elijah B. Stevens, his executors, administrators and assigns forever and I the said Richard Stevens, for myself, my heirs, executors & administrators all and singular the said goods and chattels and other the premises unto the said Elijah B. Stevens his executors, administrators and assigns against me the said Richard Stevens, my executors and administrators and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents of all and singular which said goods and chattels and other the premises In the said Richard Stevens have put the said Elijah B. Stevens in full possission by delivering to him the said Elijah B. Stevens one Grey Horse at the sealing and delivering of these presents in the name of the whole premises hereby bargained and sold or mentioned and intended to be so unto him the said Elijah B. Stevens as aforesaid. In Witness whereof I the said Richard Stevens have set my hand and affixed my seal this the fourteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. Signed, sealed & delivered in the Richard Stevens (seal) presence of Nimrod Newton |
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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
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