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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 201   View pdf image
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the said James Wheeler J.r my Executors & administrators, and against all
and every other person or persons whatsoever shall & will warrant & forever
defend by these presents, of all & singular the aforesaid Mare & one Yoke of
Oxen)  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
9.th day of August 1849                                         his
Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of      James x Wheeler J.r   (seal)
                Sam.l Abbott                                        mark

                                        State of Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:
On the 9.th day of August 1849, before me the subscriber, one of the
Justices of the Peace for the State & County aforesaid, appears James Wheeler J.r
and Acknowledged the aforegoing writing to be his act & deed according
to the true intent & meaning thereof and the Act of Assembly in such
case made & provided   At the same time personally appears William
Hubbard, purchaser of the property named in the within Bill of sale
and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he paid
the full amount named & specefied for the within named property.
                                                                Sam.l Abbott   J. P.

 
                                                     Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was recorded
John A. L. Radcliff                        on the 22d day of August 1849  To wit:
paid  Ex.d   from  60   {Stamp}     Know all men by these presents that I Levin L Keene
Levin L. Keene          {one Dol.}   of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland for and in
                                                     Consideration of the Sum of one Hundred and ninety two
Dollars and ninety four Cents Current money to me in hand paid by John A. L. Radcliff of
Same County & in the State aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the
receipt whereof I the said Levin L. Keene do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained
and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John A. L. Radcliff
his executors administrators and assigns a certain Negro Woman Slave named Hester and her two
Children named john & Augustus.  To have and To hold the said negro woman slave
named Hester and her two Children John & Augustus, above bargained and sold or intended
hereby so to be to the said John A. L. Radcliff his executors administrators or assigns forever
And the said Levin L Keene does warrant said negro Slaves to be slaves for life, and
and will defend the same against me or my heirs or any one claiming under me or
my heirs.  Witness my hand seal this twenty first day of August one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of                     Levin L. Kane      (Seal)
       Samuel Abbott      Martin L. Wright

State of Maryland Dorchester County To wit:  On the twenty first day of August one
Thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared the within named Levin L. Keene
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Dorchester County and State aforesaid
and acknowledged the within Bill of Sale or instrument of writing to be his act and deed
and delivered for the purposes therein named.  Taken before and Certified by   Samuel Abbott

Deld to John A L. Radcliff Sept 3 1849


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