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hundred and Twenty nine is the identical person who was
manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Joshua was raised in Anne Arundel County has a scar on the right thigh and a scar on the left side of his forehead In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my (Seal) name and affixed the seal of my Office this Twentieth day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Two Thomas T. Simmons Reg.r of Wills for A A 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 Rezin Hammond late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eight was proved and recorded in the said office on the Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen in Liber I G N.o 2 folio 469 and that the said Rezin Hammond by his said Will among other things did devise and direct that all the rest and remainder of his slaves should be liberated manumitted and set free as soon as they should respectively arrive to the age of thirty years and also the issue and increase of such slaves on arriving to the age of thirty years should be liberated and set free And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Charles Matthews whose height is about five feet ten inches; whose age is about thirty six; whose complexion is dark; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free some time in march in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty Six is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Charles Matthews was raised in Anne Arundel County and has a scar over the left eye and on the right ancle In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name (Seal) and affixed the seal of my office this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Thomas T. Simmons Reg.r Wills A. A. County |
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