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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 206   View pdf image
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Samuel Barnes                          Be it remembered that the following Record was made the 8th day
Paid Ex.d  Record of Slaves      of October 1849 To wit
                                                 Louisa Barnes formerly Louisa Foxwell late the wife of
Samuel Barnes and now deceased list her slaves for life to wit:  Samuel aged about
twenty years and Joel aged about eighteen years which slaves the said Samuel Barnes
now records and claims as his Own.  Witness my hand and seal this first day of October
eighteen hundred and forty nine.
                                                                                           Samuel Barnes   (seal)


State of Maryland                    Be it remembered that the following Bond was recorded
Ex.d       from        50              on the 27.th day of October 1849 To wit:
Thomas H. Hicks & others      {Stamp}      State of Maryland Dorchester County
                                           {three Dollars} To wit:  Know all men by these presents that
                                           {& fifty Cents}
We Thomas H. Hicks, Brice J. Goldsborough and William Rea all of Dorchester County and
State of Maryland yeomen are held and firmly bound unto the State of Maryland
in the full and just sum of Four thousand three hundred thirty three Dollars and thirty three
and a third Cents Current Money of the said State to the payment whereof we hereunto
bind Ourselves Our ^heirs^ Executors & Administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents
In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands and affixed Our Seals this twenty
fourth day of October in the year of Eighteen hundred and forty nine.
The Condition of the above obligation is such that in Case the above  bounden Thomas
H Hicks shall faithfully perform the Office of Register of Wills for Dorchester County Aforesaid
then the Above Obligation to be Void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in Law
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of                                       Tho H Hicks                  (seal)
       Thomas Breerwood                                                                   Brice J. Goldsborough   (seal)
                                                                                                                   W.m Rea            (seal)

We the Justices of the Orphans Court for Dorchester County Now in Session approve
of the Bond and Sureties therein.
                                                       Witness Our hands                        Thomas Breerwood
                                                                                                            John N Dail
                                                                                                            Algernon Thomas


Uriah Todd                         Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was recorded on
Paid      from   Ex.d   50      the 29.th day of October 1849 To wit:
James Geoghegan                                 Know all men by these presents that I James Geoghegan
                                           of Dorchester County for and in Consideration of the sum of one hundred
and twenty five Dollars and fifty Cents to me in hand paid by Uriah Todd do grant
bargain & sell unto the said Uriah Todd My Negro boy John Cornish supposed to be five years
and six months old slave for life and sound in Body & mind.  To have and to hold the said
negro boy John Cornish as above bargained and sold unto the said Uriah Todd his heirs executors
administrators and assigns against me the said James Geoghegan my ^heirs^ Executors & administrators and
against all every other person or persons Shall and will warrant and forever defend In Witness
Whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 24th day of October 1849.
Test Charles Corkran                                                              James Geoghegan         (Seal)

Delivered to Uriah Todd Nov 7.th 1849.


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