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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 198   View pdf image
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Samuel Dunnock      Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale
Paid   Ex.d   from     was recorded on the 30th day of July 1849, To wit:
Levin Dunnock         {Stamp}     Know all men by these presents that I Levin
                              {75 Cents}   Dunnock of Dorchester County and State of
Maryland, for and in consideration of the sum of Twelve hundred dollars
current money of Maryland, to me in hand paid by Samuel Dunnock, of
said County and state, before the ensealing & delivery of these presents, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said Levin Dunnock has
granted, bargained & sold, conveyed & transfered, and by these presents does
grant, bargain, sell, convey & transfer, unto the said Samuel Dunnock,
his heirs & assigns forever, the following Negroes, To wit:  one Negro
woman Sarah, one Negro Boy Dick, one Negro Boy Ben, one Negro
Girl Jane, one Negro Boy Moses, one Negro Girl Rachel, Slaves for
life, and now in the possession of the said Samuel Dunnock, with
the exception of Boys Dick & Ben.  To have and to hold the said
above described negroes unto the said Samuel Dunnock, his heirs
and assigns forever, to his & their sold use & uses forever, and to and
for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever, against me the said
Levin Dunnock & my heirs, and against all persons whatever
claiming the same or any part thereof.  In testimony whereof the
said Levin Dunnock has hereunto subscribed his name & affixed
his seal this thirtieth day of July Eighteen hundred & forty nine.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of         his
Charles Corkran              E. R. Hooper        Levin + Dunnock   (Seal)
                                                                           mark

Maryland, Dorchester County ss.  Be it remembered & it is hereby Certified
that on the thirtieth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and forty
nine, personally appeared Levin Dunnock, the party grantor in the
aforegoing BIll of sale, and acknowledges the same to be his act and
deed, and delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein specified.
And on the same day, before me as aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel
Dunnock, the grantee named in the aforegoing Bill of sale, and
made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration
mentioned in the aforegoing Bill of Sale is true & bona fide
as therein specefied & set forth.      Acknowledged & sworn before
                                                                   Charles Corkran


William H. Muse                   Be it remembered that the following Bill
Paid   Ex.d   from  70            of Sale was recorded on the 2.d August 1849.
Alexander Stanley Negro      Know all men by these presents that I Alexander
                                             Stanley of Dorchester County & State
of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of seventy five
dollars, current money of Maryland, to me in hand paid by Doctor

1849 August 3 doth John S Staplefort


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