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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
Volume 774, Page 254   View pdf image
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and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof and the acts of
assembly in such case made and provided.  Acknowledged before and certified by
                                                                                     Standley Richardson


Eben L. Short      Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was
Ex.d  from            recorded on the 23.d day of December 1844, To wit:
W.m T. Vickers    Know all men by these presents that William T. Vickers
                             of Dorchester County and state of Maryland for and in
consideration of the sum of Sixty three dollars lawful money of the United
States in hand paid by Ebin L. Short at or before the sealing & delivery
of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged:  Have granted,
bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell unto the
said Eben L. Short, his executors, administrators and assigns one Negro
Boy Dick aged about 21 years and formerly the property of William
Short dec.d  To have and to hold the said described Negro Boy Dick
to the said Eben L. Short, his executors, administrators and assigns forever;
And he the said William T. Vickers, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators
the said Negro Boy Dick unto the said Eben L. Short, his executors,
administrators and assigns against him the said William T. Vickers, executors
and administrators and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever
shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents.  In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14.th day of
December eighteen hundred and forty four
signed sealed & delivered in the                        W. T. Vickers   (seal)
presence of
                                           Dorchester County Ss.  Be it remembered that
on this fourteenth day of December 1844 before the subscriber a Justice of
the Peace for said County appears William T. Vickers and acknowledges
the above instrument of writing to be his act and deed according to the true
intent and meaning thereof.  Acknowledged before   Brannock Moore (L S)

Delivered Jan.y 5.th 1846 to Eben L. Short


Manumission            Be it remembered that the following Manumission and
Ann P. S. Vanes      recorded on the 25.th day of December 1844, To wit:
    To Ex.d               To all whom it may Concern Be it remembered that I Ann
Sundry Negroes       Priscilla Smith Vanes of Dorchester County in the State of
                                Maryland for divers good causes and considerations we
thereunto moving do liberated and set free from and after the dates and times
hereinafter mentioned my two Negroes Minty Dickinson and John Dickinson
that is to say Minty Dickinson being twenty four years of age in September
eighteen hundred and forty four sound healthy and strong to serve untill the
twenty fifth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five &
then be free and John Dickinson aged twenty years in March eighteen hundred



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