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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 269   View pdf image
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able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and maintainance and her the said negro woman
Eliza Camper, I do declare to be henceforth free, manumitted and discharged from all manner
of servitude or service to me my executors or administrators forever.   In Testimony whereof I
have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this sixteenth day of August in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of                            Ann M. Byns      (seal)
    W.m Rea   James Rea

State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct   On the 16th day of August 1850 Then Came before
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Dorchester County Anne M. Byns and
acknowledged the within deed of Manumission to be her act and deed and delivered the same
for the uses and purposes therein mentioned according to the act of Assembly in such Case made
and provided                        Acknowledged before                                       James Rea


Ezekiel R. Hooper            Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale was recorded
Exam.d   from      75         on the twenty third day of August Anno Domini 1850, to wit:
Galloway Webb negro      Know all men by these presents that I Galloway Webb free
                                        Coloured man of Dorchester County and State of Maryland, for and
in Consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars current money of Maryland to me in hand
paid by Ezekiel R. Hooper of the said County and State before the ensealing and delivery of these
presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge, I the said Galloway Webb have given, granted
bargained, sold conveyed and transferred, and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell, Convey
and transfer unto the said Ezekiel R. Hooper his heirs and assigns forever, the following goods and
chattels and personal property to wit:  one bay mare, one red steer, one Milch Cow, one ox cart, one
waggon and harness, two stye hogs, the Crop of Corn and fodder now growing on the Lot where I
reside, the Crop of sweet potatoes and irish potatoes growing on said lot, one plow, one harrow, plow
harness, hoes, spade, rakes, and all the residue of every kind and description whatsoever now in
my possession.  To Have and to Hold the said above described property, goods and chattels unto the
said Ezekiel R. Hooper his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their sole use and uses forever,
and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever, against me the said Galloway Webb
my heirs and assigns, and against all persons whatsoever claiming the same or any part thereof
unto the said Ezekiel R. Hooper shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents.
In Testimony whereof the said Galloway Webb has hereunto subscribed his name and affixed his
seal this twenty third day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Signed sealed and delivered in the                                                           his
presence of   Charles Corkran                                                   Galloway x Webb   (seal)
                                                                                                              mark
State of Maryland                                                                                  
Dorchester County Sct   Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on this twenty third day
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared
Galloway Webb and acknowledged the aforegoing Bill of Sale to be his act and deed, and
delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and the acts of Assembly in such Cases made and provided.  Also at the same
time personally appeared Ezekiel R. Hooper the party Vendee in the aforegoing Bill of Sale


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