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219. James Reddit Be it remembered & it is hereby certified, that the following Ex.d from 60 Bill of Sale was recorded on the 15.th day of January 1850. Elijah Marshall Sen.r Know all men by these presents that I, Elijah Marshall Sen.r of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, for and in consideration of ^the sum of^ two hundred & twenty five dollars, current money, to me in hand paid by James Reddit of same County & State aforesaid, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain & sell, unto the said James Reddit his heirs and Assigns, the following Negroes, that is to say, Negro Woman named Minta, aged twenty five years, to serve twelve years from the first day of January Eighteen hundred & fifty, and then to be free; also her female child named May aged about three years, a slave for life: To have and to hold the aforesaid Negroes, as above bargained & sold, unto the said James Reddit, his heirs, executors, Administrators and Assigns, against me the said Elijah Marshall Sen.r, my heirs, executors and Administrators, and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever, shall & will warrant & forever defend by these presents. In testimony whereof we Elijah Marshall Sen.r and James Redditt have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourth day of January Eighteen hundred & fifty. Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of Thomas H. Wrighton James N. Elijah Marshall (seal) Wright Thomas R. Cook James Reddit (seal) Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit: On the fourth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, the within named Elijah Marshall Sen.r and James Reddit; and Acknowledged the within Bill of sale to be their Act & deed, according to the purport, true intent & meaning of the same; And at the same time came before me, James Reddit within mentioned, and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration set forth in this Bill of sale is true & bona fide as therein set forth according to the Act of Assembly in such case made & provided. Acknowledged before Thomas R. Cook Rec.d January 15.th 1850 of James Reddit one dollar in lieu of a stamp on this Bill of sale. Wm Jackson Clk Skinner Richardson Be it remembered & it is hereby certified that the following Ex.d To 50 Deed of Manumission was recorded on the 4.th day of February Ann Reed, Negro in the year 1850, To wit: This Indenture Witnesseth that I, Skinner Richardson of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, for and in consideration of the sum of one cent to me in hand paid at & before the ensealing & delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have released from slavery, manumitted and set free, and by these presents do release from slavery, manumit & set free, Delivered to James Reddit Jany 23 1850 |
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