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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 289   View pdf image
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Wheatley, within mentioned, 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 true meaning
of the Act of Assembly of 1846 Chapter 271 made & provided
Acknowledged before                        Charles Corkran


Augustus T. Wheatley      Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the
Ex.d    from        60         following Bill of sale was recorded on the 6.th day
Thomas Wingate              of November in the year 1850, To wit:
                                        Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Wingate,
of Dorchester County and State of Maryland, for and in consideration
of the sum of one hundred and twenty four dollars, current money, to
me in hand paid by Augustus T. Wheatley, of Dorchester County and
State of Maryland, have granted, bargained & sold, and by these
presents do grant, bargain & sell unto the said Augustus T. Wheatley,
his heirs and Assigns, the following Negro Boy named Jacob, aged
about six years, purchased of him the said Augustus T. Wheatley as
Executor of his Father Jesse Wheatley, slave for life, and sound in
body and mind:  To have and to hold the said Negro Boy ^Jacob^ aged about six
years, as above bargained & sold, unto the said Augustus T. Wheatley, his
heirs, executors, Administrators and Assigns, against me the said Thomas
Wingate, my heirs, executors and Administrators, and against all and every
other person or persons whatsoever, shall & will warrant and forever defend.
In testimony whereof I, Thomas Wingate, have hereunto set my hand
and affixed seal this sixth day of November Eighteen hundred & fifty.
Signed, sealed & delivered
in the presence of                                       Thomas Wingate      (Seal)
Charles Corkran

Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:  On the sixth day of
November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, the within named Thomas Wingate and Acknowledged
the within Bill of sale to be his Act and deed, according to the purport,
true intent & meaning of the same:  At the same time
came before me, Augustus T. Wheatley within mentioned, 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 true meaning of the Act of Assembly of 1846
Chapter 271 made and provided.
Acknowledged before                                 Charles Corkran

Del.d to W.m Russell Decr 1st 1851


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