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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 260   View pdf image
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and twelve dollars & fifty cents, current money, to us in hand paid by John Baker
of the said County and state aforesaid, we have granted, bargained & sold, and by these
presents do grant, bargain & sell unto the said John Baker, his heirs and Assigns, the following
negroes, that is to say, one negro woman named Jane, aged about twenty
nine years, also her two youngest children, that is to say, Alexander aged about
two years, and Charles aged about twelve months all the above Negroes our slaves
for life and sound in body and mind   To have and to hold the said Negroes
Jane, Alexander & Charles, as above bargained & sold, unto the said John Baker,
his heirs, Executors, Administrators & Assigns, against us the said James A. Muse and
Mary S. Muse, our heirs, executors and Administrators, and against all and every other
person or persons whatsoever, shall & will warrant & forever defend by these presents.
In testimony whereof we, James A. Muse & Mary S. Muse have hereto set our
hands and affixed our seals this 25.th day of June Eighteen hundred & fifty.
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of               James A. Muse      (seal)
                   Charles Corkran                                      Mary S. Muse        (seal)

Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:   On the 25.th day of June, in the year of Our
Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the
Peace, in and for said County, the within named James A. Muse and Mary S. Muse
and acknowledged the within Bill of sale to be their Act and deed, according to the
purport, true intent & meaning of the same      And at the same time came
before me, John Baker within named, and 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 Act of Assembly in such
case made & provided.               Acknowledged before      Charles Corkran

Dated B of Sale Del to John Baker [illegible]


John Diller Negro         Be it remembered & it is hereby certified that the following
Ex.d      from      70      Bill of sale was recorded June 25.th 1850, To wit:
Henry Thomas              Know all men by these presents that I, Henry Thomas,
                                     of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, for & in
consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, current money, to me in
hand paid by John Diller of same County & State, at and before the sealing
and delivering of these presents, the receipt whereof I, the said Henry Thomas
do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these
presents do grant, bargain & sell, unto John Diller, his heirs, Executors, Administrators
and Assigns, all the following articles, To wit:   3 Hogs,
2 Feather Beds, Bedsteads & furniture, Cupboard & contents, 3 Iron pots,
Kettle & Spider, Dutch oven, Woollen Wheel, 4 Stone Jars, 3 Tubs, 4 Buckets,
and all the balance of his House hold & kitchen furniture, now in possession
of Henry Thomas   To have and to hold all & singular the said goods, articles
and stock, and all the other premises above bargained & sold, or
mentioned and intended so to be, to the said John Diller, his executors,
Administrators & Assigns forever      And I the said Henry Thomas for


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