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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
Volume 774, Page 369   View pdf image
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Mary Ann Drain      Be it remembered that the following Deed
Paid   Ex.d   to         of Manumission was recorded June 24 1846
Sundry Negroes       Maryland Dorchester County, To wit;
                               To all whom it may concern be it known that
I Mary Ann Drain of the Town of Cambridge in Dorchester
County and state of Maryland for divers good causes & considerations
me thereunto moving have released from slavery, liberated,
manumitted and set free and by these presents do hereby release
from slavery, liberate, manumit and set free the following
negro slaves according to and the times hereinafter specified at
which time or terms they will each be able to work and gain a
sufficient livelihood and Maintenance to wit: Negro Boy George
aged fourteen years to be free January the first Eighteen hundred
and sixty two 1862   Negro Boy James Wise aged three years to
be free January the first Eighteen hundred and seventy four 1874
And Negro Girl Margaret aged seven years to be free January the
first Eighteen hundred and seventy and then the said Negroes
George, James Wise and Margaret I do declare to be free after
the periods within named and thenceforth free, manumitted and
discharged from all manner of service or servitude to me, my
Executors or Administrators forever   In Witness whereof I have
hereto set my name and seal affixed June 16.th 1846.
Witness William Rea
       W.m W. LeCompte                        Mary A. Drain   (Seal)

                         Maryland Dorchester County Sct
On this 16.th day of June in the year of Our Lord 1846 then
came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County Mary Drain whom I am satisfied is the same
person mentioned in the above Manumission and acknowledged
the above Manumission to be her Act and deed according to
the purport, true intent and meaning of the same and the
Acts of Assembly in such case made & provided
                               Certified by            W.m W. LeCompte   J. P.


Levin Jones             Be it remembered that the following Manumission
Paid   Ex.d   to        was recorded July 14 1846, To wit:
Sundry Negroes      To all whom it may concern be it known that
                               I Levin Jones of the City of Baltimore in the
State of Maryland for divers good causes and considerations
me thereunto moving as also in further consideration of the sum
of one dollar current money to me in hand paid have released
from slavery, liberated, manumitted and set free and by


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