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27. my negro man Joseph Webb to serve for the term of twenty years from the fifteenth July 1847 and then to be free To have and to hold the said negro man Joseph Webb as above bargained & sold unto John E. Stephens his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns against me the said Shadrach Mitchell my heirs Executors and Administrators and Assigns all and every other person or persons shall and will warrant & defend. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14 day September 1847. Shadrach Mitchell (Seal) Test Robert Bell J. P. William Rea John E. Stevens (Seal) State of Maryland Dorchester County, To wit: On this 14 day September 1847 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and state personally appeared Shadrach Mitchell and John E. Stevens and Acknowledged the above Bill of Sale or instrument of writing to be their Act & deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Acknowledged before Robert Bell J. P. Mary Sadler Be it remembered that the following Bill of sale from Ex.d was recorded on the 16.th day of September 1847, To wit: John H. Carroll Know all men by these presents that I John H. Carroll of Dorchester County and state of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars current money to me in hand paid by Mary Sadler of the County and state aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said Mary Sadler her Executors Administrators and Assigns two negro women one names Matilda Bond aged 26 years & 4 months one named Mary Le Compte aged twenty one one Horse Cart and geers one Sow and nine Shoats and Harrow and all the geers one sligh & one Steer all which property is now in my possession To have and to hold the same described property above bargained & sold to the said Mary Sadler her Executors Administrators and Assigns forever to her and their only proper use and benefit And I the said John H. Carroll for myself my Executors and Administrators shall and will warrant & forever defend by these present to the said Mary Sadler her Executors Administrators and Assigns the said described property against me my Executors and Administrators and against all and every other person or persons whomsoever claiming the same or any part thereof In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 30.th day of August 1847. Charles W. Breerwood Test James Nield John H. Carroll (Seal) State of Maryland Dorchester County, To wit: On |
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