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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 218   View pdf image
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                                               218.

Rook, party grantee, and made Oath that the consideration mentioned in
the said Bill of sale is bona fide, just & true, to the best of his knowledge &
belief                                                               Charles Corkran


Robert Spedden of John      Be it remembered & it is hereby certified, that
Ex.d       from               75   the following Bill of Sale was recorded on the
Elijah Marshall                     15.th day of January A. D. 1850, To wit:
                                           Know all men by these presents that I, Elijah
Marshall, of Dorchester County and State of Maryland, for and in consideration
of the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars, current money, to me in
hand paid by Robert Spedden of John, Cooks point, of Dorchester County
and State of Maryland, have granted, bargained & sold, and by these
presents do grant, bargain & sell, unto the said Robert Spedden of Jn.o
C. P., his heirs and Assigns, the following Negroes, Negro Woman Rose
Adkins for the term of seven years from the 27.th day of last month,
December 1849, and then said Rose to be free, and her child named
Thomas aged two years or about that age, slave for life, & Rose for
a term, and sound in body & mind:  To have and to hold the said Negro
Woman Rose Adkinson for the term of seven years from the 27.th day
of December 1849, after which I manumit & set free the said Rose,
who will then be of the age of thirty eight years, and her child Negro
Boy Thomas, aged about two years, a slave for life, as above bargained
and sold, unto the said Robert Spedden of John, C. P. his heirs,
executors, Administrators and Assigns, against me the said Elijah Marshall,
my heirs, executors and Administrators, and against all & any
other person or persons whatsoever, shall & will warrant and forever
defend.  In testimony whereof, I, Elijah Marshall and Robert Spedden
of John, C. P. have hereto set their hands and affixed seals this second
day of January Eighteen hundred & fifty.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of         Elijah Marshall   (seal)
Robert B. Spedden      Thomas R. Cook            Robert Spedden of John, C. P.   (seal)

Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:  On the second day of January in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for
said County, the within named Elijah Marshall & Robert Spedden of Jn.o C. P. & acknowledged the within
Bill of Sale to be act & deed, according to the purport, true intent & meaning of the same:  And
at the same time came before me, Robert Spedden of Jn.o C. P. grantee within mentioned, &
made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the consideration set forth in this
Bill of sale, is true and bona fide, as therein set forth, according to the true meaning
of the Act of Assembly of 1846, Chapter 271, made & provided.
                        Acknowledged before                  Thomas R. Cook, A. J. P.


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