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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 212   View pdf image
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to me in hand paid by Abram Cornish of said County, in the said State,
at & before the sealing & delivering of these presents, the receipt whereof
I, the said Solomon Cornish, do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained
& sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell, unto the
said Abram Cornish, his Executors, Administrators & Assigns, all the goods
hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say, one Yoke Oxen, one
Ox Cart, Yoke & Bows, all & singular which said property are now in
possession of the said Solomon Cornish.  To have and to hold all the
said property and other the premises above bargained & sold, or mentioned
and intended so to be, to the said Abram Cornish, his Executors, Administrators
& Assigns forever   And I, the said Solomon Cornish, for myself,
my heirs, executors and Administrators, all and singular the said property
and other the premises, unto the said Abram Cornish, his Executors, Administrators
& Assigns, against me, the said Solomon Cornish, my Executors
and Administrators, and against all & every other person or persons
whatsoever, shall & will warrant & forever defend by these presents;
of all & singular which said property & other the premises, I, the said
Solomon Cornish have put the said Abram Cornish in full possession
of by delivering to him, the said Abraham Cornish the above property
at the sealing & delivering of these presents, in the name of the whole
premises hereby bargained & sold, or mentioned & intended so to be, unto
him the said Abraham Cornish as aforesaid.  In Witness whereof the
said Solomon Cornish hath hereunto set his hand & seal this 24.th day
of November in the year 1849.                                 his
Acknowledged before                                Solomon x Cornish   (seal)
    Noah Abbott  J. P.                                             mark

                                  State of Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:
On the 24.th day of November 1849, before me the subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace, in & for said County, personally appeared Solomon Cornish
and acknowledged the above Bill of sale to be his act & deed, and
delivered the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned   And
also at the same time personally appeared Abraham Cornish and
under Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration
set forth in the within instrument of writing is true & bona
fide.            Before                        Noah Abbott  J.P.

1849 December 10 Del to Abraham Cornish


John R. Creighton             Be it remembered that the following Deed of Manumission
Paid   Ex.d   To      55      was recorded on the 27.th day of November 1849, To wit:
Ann Maria Jolly, Negro.   Maryland, Sct:   To all whom it may concern, be it
                                        known, that I, John R. Creighton, of the Town of
Cambridge, in Dorchester County & State of Maryland, for divers good causes
and considerations me thereunto moving, as also in further consideration
of one dollar, current money, to me in hand paid, have released from


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