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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
Volume 774, Page 397   View pdf image
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is now in my possession.   To have and to hold the same described
property above bargained and sold to the said Asbury Dean, his Executors
Administrators and Assigns forever to his and their only proper use
and benefit   And I the said William Dean for myself, my Executors
and administrators shall and will warrant and forever defend by
these presents to the said Asbury Dean, his Executors, Administrators
and Assigns the said ^described^ property against me, my Executors & administrators
and against all and every other person or persons whomsoever
claiming the same or any part thereof.  In Witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this nineteenth
day of December Eighteen hundred & forty six
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of           his
                Edward Tull                                 William x Dean   (Seal)
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Maryland Dorchester County, To wit:   On the nineteenth day of
December before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County appears William Dean and Acknowledges the above
writing ^to be his act and deed^ according to the true intent and meaning thereof
and the Act of Assembly in such case made & provided
                                                               Edward Tull   J. P.


Entry of Slave          Be it remembered that the following Entry of Slave
Bill Jarvis                 was recorded on the 23.d day of December 1846.
Ex.d   by                 Maryland Dorchester County, To wit:   I hereby
Nathan Pritchett      Certify to all manner of persons whom it doth or
                               may concern that being seized and possessed of a
Certain Negro Slave called Bill Jarvis in right of my wife called
Julia aged about fifty one years and being desirous to remove &
bring the said Negro Bill Jarvis from Matthews County in the
state of Virginia within the state of Maryland and in the County
of Dorchester County for my own use and benefit and not for sale
do make out this Certificate of the said Bill Jarvis agreeably to
the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided.   Witness
my hand and seal this thirteenth day of November 1846
Witness                                                               his
Timothy McNamara                                 Nathan x Pritchett   (Seal)
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Maryland Dorchester County, To wit:  on the thirtieth day of
November 1846 the above named Nathan Pritchett personally
appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the
peace in and for the County and state aforesaid and made
Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he is a Citizen


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Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
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