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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 19   View pdf image
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of September Eighteen hundred and fifty two                        his
Signed sealed and delivered                                Washington x Rumbly   (Seal)
       in the presence of                                                         mark
                            Nicholas Langfit

State of Maryland Dorchester County Ss      Be it remembered that on this twentieth
day of September 1852 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County appears Washington
Rumbly and acknowledges the above instrument of writing to be his act and deed, according
to the true intent and meaning thereof                  Acknowledged before
                                                                                                                Nicholas Langfit

State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:                                       Be it remembered that on
this 20.th day of September 1852 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for Said County Joel Cornwell and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God
that the within bill of Sale was given for a bona fide Consideration and that there is neither
fraud or deception in the same                     Sworn and Certified by
                                                                                                          Nicholas Langfit J. P.

Received the 22.nd day of September 1850 of Joel Cornwell the sum of Ten Cents in lieu of a stamp on this Mortgage Bill
of sale                                                                                                                           Francis J. Henry Clk


William Harker            Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill of
Exd   from                   Sale was received and recorded on the 12th day of March 1858 to wit:
John W. Lecompte               Know all men by these presents, that I John W. Lecompte of
Dorchester County, in the State of Maryland for and in Consideration of the sum of Two
Hundred dollars, Current money, to me in hand paid, by William Harker of Baltimore City in
the said State at & before the sealing and delivery of these presents; the receipt whereof I the said
John W. Lecompte, do hereby acknowledge, he granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents
do grant bargain & sell unto the said William Harker his executors administrators and assigns
negro Thomas Henry Jenkins a slave to serve until the 15th day of December 1865 and no longer
as by the will of Joshua Breerwood of Dorchester County will more fully appear      To Have
and To Hold, the said negro Thomas Henry Jenkins above bargained and sold or mentioned
and intended to so to be for the aforesaid Term to the said William Harker his Executors, administrators
& assigns and I the said John W. Lecompte for my self, my Heirs, Executors and administrators
the said negro Thomas Henry Jenkins unto the said William Harker his Executors, administrators
and assigns against me the said John W. Lecompte my executor and administrator and against
all and every other person or persons whatsoever, Shall & will warrant & for ever defend by these
presents                  In witness we have hereto set our hands & seals this 12th day of March Anno
Domini 1853
Test                                                                                                John W. Lecompte
          James Rea J. P.                                                                     William Harker

State of Maryland Dorchester County ss:      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified
that on this 12th day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the State of Maryland in & for Dorchester County
personally appears John W. Lecompte of Dorchester County & William Harker of the City
of Baltimore and acknowledge severally the above bill of sale to be their act and deed
at the same time and place also appeared William Harker the grantee in the above bill
of sale, named, and made oath that the Consideration mentioned in the said bill of sale


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