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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 138   View pdf image
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Forty dollars, current money, to us in hand paid by Francis Price of said
County, before the delivery of these presents, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, we the said Thomas H. Hooper and Ezekiel R. Hooper
have granted, bargained & sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain
& sell, unto the said Francis Price, his heirs and Assigns
forever, a negro woman named Lydia, aged about fifty years
and a slave for life, and now in our possession.  To have and
to hold the said Negro Woman Lydia unto the said Francis Price
his heirs and Assigns forever, to his and their only use and benefit,
and for no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever, against us the
said Thomas H. Hooper and Ezekiel R. Hooper, and our heirs, and
all persons whatsoever.  In Witness whereof the said Thomas H. Hooper
and Ezekiel R. Hooper have hereto set their hands and affixed
their seals this Eleventh day of November Eighteen hundred & forty
eight.
Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of            Tho. H. Hooper   (seal)
                Charles Corkran                                    E. R. Hooper     (seal)

Maryland sc.  On this 11.th day of November in the year 1848,
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the County and state
aforesaid, personally appears Thomas H. Hooper and Ezekiel R. Hooper,
parties grantor to the within and aforegoing bill of Sale, and
acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, delivered the
same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned      And on the
same day & year aforesaid, personally appeared before me as aforesaid
the before mentioned Francis Price, the party grantee in the aforegoing
Bill of Sale, and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God
that the consideration mentioned in the within and aforegoing Bill of
sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth.  Acknowledged and
sworn before and Certified by                Charles Corkran.


                                     Rec.d December 8th 1848.
Samuel Higgins      December 2.d 1848.  Know all men by these presents
Ex.d   from   75     that I James W. Henry of the Town of Vienna in
James W. Henry    Dorchester County, Maryland, as Agent or Attorney for
                             Isaac Nevitt Steele of Baltimore City and State
aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred & twenty
five dollars, current money of the United States, to me in hand
paid by Samuel Higgins, of Dorchester County & State aforesaid, on
account and for the use of the aforesaid Isaac Nevitt Steele, at and
before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold & delivered unto the said
Samuel Higgins, and by these presents do bargain, sell & deliver
unto the said Samuel Higgins, one Negro Woman Esther a slave

Bill of Sale del.d to Sam.l Higgins June 11th 1855.


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