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T T S c 1 folio 6 &c and that the said Hester Hood by her said will
among other things did devise and direct that at her death her negro woman named Dinah should be discharged from servitude and set free from all manner of Slavery And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Dinah whose height is about five feet and an half five and a half Inches; whose age is about twenty five years; whose complexion is Dark; and who as appears by the said will and Testimony became free at the death of the said Hester Hood is the Identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Dinah was raised in Anne Arundel County and has a scar on her little finger on her right hand In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name (Seal) and affixed the seal of my Office this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty one Thomas T. Simmons Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County The State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to Wit I hereby Certify to all whom it doth or may concern that on an examination of the Records and Papers in the office of the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County it appears that the last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Chew late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the Thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty Six was proved and recorded in the said office on the first day of January in the year of Our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty Eight in Liber T H H N.o 1 folio 352 and that the said Nathaniel Chew by his said Will among other things did devise and direct that his negro woman named Nanny should serve two years after his death and then should be free And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Nanny whose height is about five feet one & 1/8 inches; whose age is about Forty years; whose complexion is Black; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free some time about the 1.st day of January 1820 is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said Negro Nanny was raised in Anne Arundel County and has no visible marks In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed (seal) the seal of my office this Twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty one Thomas T. Simmons Reg.r of Wills for Anne Arundel County |
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