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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 153   View pdf image
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of Sale for Negro man Joe to be their act and deed for the purposes intents and meaning therein
mentioned and expressed according to their tenor thereof.  And the aforesaid Wm G Horsey being
duly sworn on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God deposeth and sayeth that the transactions described
in the within Bill of Sale was and is a bonafide sale and purchase and that the
amount of the purchase Money was duly paid for and in consideration of the purchase of Negro
man Joe therein named.  Acknowledged and sworn to before the subscriber on the day and year first
above written
                                                                                                                               Geo A L Smith
Received January 29 1849 of Wm G Horsey one Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of
Sale                                                                                                      Wm Jackson Clk


William Collison            Be it remembered that the following Deed of Manumission was
Ex.d      To         55      recorded on the 29th day of January 1849 To Wit
Negro Israel Coleman   Maryland Dorchester County To wit
                                     To all whom it may concern be it known that I William
Collison of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland for divers good causes and considerations
me thereunto moving as also in further Consideration of the sum of one Dollar current
money to me in hand paid have released from slavery liberated manumitted and set free, and
by these presents do hereby release from slavery liberate Manumit and Set free my negro man
Israel Coleman being of the age of thirty three years and able to work and gain a sufficient
livelihood and Maintenance and him the said Negro man named Israel Coleman I do
declare to be free from and after the expiration of the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty one
that is on the first day of January eighteen hundred & fifty two and from thenceforth manumitted
and discharged from all manner of Servitude or Service to me my executors or administrators
for ever.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 29
January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty nine
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us                     William Collison   (Seal)
             John W Traverse   William Rea

State of Maryland Dorchester County To wit  Be it remembered that on the 29 day of
January in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty nine personally appeared before
the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County William Collison within named
and Acknowledged the within deed of Manumission to be his act and deed according to the purport
true intent and meaning of the same and the acts of assembly in Such Case made & provided.
                                              Acknowledged before                        John W Traverse


Thomas C Jones          Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was recorded on the
Ex.d   from      135      29th day of January 1849  To wit
Alexander W Jones      Know all men by these presents that I Alexander W Jones of Dorchester
                                    County in the State of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of
Four hundred and five Dollars Current Money to me in hand paid by Thomas C Jones of
Dorchester County in the State of Maryland at and before the sealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof I the said Alexander W Jones do hereby acknowledge have granted,


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