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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 216   View pdf image
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James A. Stewart            Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the
Ex.d      from         65      following Bill of Sale was recorded on the 5.th day of
Purnell B. Carey &          January Anno Domini 1850, To wit:
George H. Schley            Know all men by these presents that we Purnell B. Carey
                                       and George H. Schley, of Dorchester County & State of Maryland
for and in consideration of the sum of Four hundred & thirty five dollars, to us
paid, or secured to be paid, by James A. Stewart of same county & state, have given,
granted, bargained & sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain & sell, unto
the said James A. Stewart and his heirs & Assigns forever, our Negro man "Littleton
Hack", a slave for life, and sound in body & mind.  To have and to hold the said
Negro man slave "Littleton Hack", to the said James A. Stewart and his heirs &
Assigns forever; And unto the said James A. Stewart and his heirs & Assigns
forever, we do hereby warrant & defend the title to the said negro man Littleton
as a slave for life, against us and our heirs, or any one claiming by, from, or under
us, and against all persons whatever.  In Witness whereof we have hereto
signed our names and affixed our seals this 2.d day of January in the year
Eighteen hundred & fifty
       Test                                                               Purnell B. Carey        (seal)
       Charles Corkran                                             George H. Schleigh   (seal)

State of Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:  On this second day of January
in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty, personally appear before us the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace for the said state & county, Purnell B. Carey and
George H. Schley, party Grantors in the above Bill of sale, and acknowledged
the aforegoing Bill of sale to be their act & deed, and we are satisfied of our
own Knowledge, that the said Purnell B. Carey & George H. Schley, who profess to
be the party grantors in the above Bill of sale, are the same persons who executed
and acknowledged the same before me.  At the same time personally
appears James A. Stewart, party grantee in the said Bill of sale, & made
Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration mentioned
n the said Bill of sale is just, true & bona fide.
                                                                               Charles Corkran

Rec.d January 5.th 1850 from James A. Stewart the sum of one dollar in
lieu of a stamp on this Bill of sale.                                       Wm Jackson   Clk.


Joseph Richardson      Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the following Deed
Paid      To      Ex.d     of Manumission was recorded on the 8.th day of January 1850, To wit:
Sundry Negroes          To all whom it may concern:  Be it known that I Joseph Richardson,
                                   free coloured man, of Dorchester County in the State of
Maryland, for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving, as also in
further consideration 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 & set free, my negro woman named


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