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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 281   View pdf image
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David M. Corkran            Be it remembered & it is hereby certified that
Ex.d       from      75          the following Bill of Sale was recorded on the
Harrison D. Barnett &       26.th day of October A. D. 1850, To wit:
Rose Ann Barnett              Know all men by these presents that we Harrison
                                         D. Barnett and Rose Ann Barnett, both of Dorchester
County and State of Maryland, for and in consideration of the sum of Fourteen
hundred dollars, current money of Maryland, to us in hand paid by David M.
Corkran, of the County and State aforesaid, at & before the sealing and delivery
of these presents, the receipt whereof we the said Harrison & Rose Ann do
hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained & sold, and by these presents do
grant, bargain & sell, unto the said David M. Corkran, his heirs, executors,
Administrators and Assigns, the following property, To wit:  Negro Woman
Silia, aged about twenty years and her child Harriet aged about seven
months  Negro Girl Lavinia, aged about fifteen years, said Negroes being
Slaves for life, and sound in mind & body   Also the following other property,
to wit:  on Bay Mare   Two sorrel Horses    Two pale red Cows with
line Backs   one black Cow   one yoke of Steers   one Brindle Cow   Four
yearlings   Twenty head of Hogs   Twelve head of Sheep   Two Beds and
furniture   The balance of Household & Kitchen Furniture   Crop of wheat
now seeded on the Farm where I now live   Two Ox Carts   one four wheeled
Carriage   one Carriage Waggon   To have and to hold the said Negroes
Silia, Lavinia & Harriet, and the said other described property, above bargained
& sold, or mentioned or intended so to be, to the said David M. Corkran,
his heirs, executors, Administrators and Assigns forever.  In Witness whereof we
hereunto subscribe our names and affix our seals this twenty fifth day of October
in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the                          H. D. Barnett   (seal)
presence of Noah Abbott, J. P.                        Rose Ann Barnett   (seal)

State of Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:  On this twenty fifth day of October in the
year Eighteen hundred & fifty, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the body of Dorchester County aforesaid,
Harrison D. Barnett & Rose Ann Barnett, party grantees in the above Bill of
Sale, and acknowledge the aforegoing BIll of sale to be their Act and deed
And I am satisfied, from my own knowledge, that the said Harrison & the said
Rose Ann, who profess to be the party grantors in the above Bill of sale, are the
same persons who executed and Acknowledged the same before me   At the same
time personally appears David M Corkran, party grantee in the said Bill of
Sale, and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration
mentioned in the aforegoing Bill of Sale is true and bona fide as
therein set forth, according to the Act of Assembly in such case made & provided.
Acknowledged before                                                Noah Abbott   J. P.

Rec.d Oct.r 26 1850 the sum of one dollar in lieu of a stamp on this Bill of sale.
                                                                                                       W.m Jackson   Clk

Deld to David M. Corkran May 8th 1852.


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