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411. Maryland Dorchester County, To wit: on this ^the^ 18.th day of January 1847 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for Dorchester County aforesaid personally appears Arnold Edgar and acknowledged the above Bill of sale to be his act and deed and delivered for the purposes therein mentioned agreeable to the Act of Assembly in such case made & provided Acknowledged before and Certified by James Cooper John Jones of Col. Be it remembered that the following Bill of Ex.d from Fee paid sale was recorded on the first day of February 1847 Levin Jones J. P. Know all men by these presents that I Levin Jones Ex.r of J. Hurst J. P. Executor of Stephen Hurst for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and Eighty dollars to me in hand paid by John Jones of Col have granted, bargained & sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said John Jones of Col my negro Man named John servant for a term of years according to manumission from said Hurst to be free January 1 1853 and sound in body and mind. To have and to hold the said negro man John servant for a term of years to be free January 1 1853 as aforesaid as above bargained and sold unto the said John Jones of Col his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns against me the said Levin Jones J. P. and my Testator and his heirs, executors and administrators and against all and every other person or persons claiming under him or them. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of January 1847. Test Levin Jones (L S) W.m W. LeCompte John Jones of Col. (Seal) State of Maryland Dorchester County, To wit: On this 14.th day of January 1847 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and state personally appeared Levin Jones J. P. Executor and John Jones of Col and acknowledged the above Bill of Sale or instrument of writing to be their Act and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Acknowledged before W.m W. LeCompte J. P. Zadock H. Rosse Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale Ex.d from was recorded on the 8.th day of February 1847, To wit: John E. Phillips Know all Men by these presents that I John E Phillips of Dorchester Cy in the state of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of sixty dolls current money to me in hand paid by D.r Zadock H. Rosse of the same |
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