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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 297   View pdf image
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of the Act of Assembly of 1846, chapter 271, made & provided.
Acknowledged before                                 John D. Stevens   J. P.

Rec.d  Dec.r 9.th 1850 one dollar in lieu of a stamp on this
Bill of sale.                                                W.m Jackson   Clk.


James Thompson        Be it remembered & it is hereby certified that the
Ex.d    from        70    following Bill of sale was recorded on the 9.th day
Thomas M. Flint         of December A. D. 1850, To wit:
                                  Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas M.
Flint, of Dorchester County & state of Maryland, for and in consideration of
the sum of Three hundred and ten dollars, current money, to me in hand
paid by James Thompson of Dorchester County and State of Maryland,
have granted, bargained & sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain &
sell, unto the said James Thompson, his heirs and Assigns, Negro Man
named Joshua, a servant untill the end of the year Eighteen hundred
and sixty seven, at which time he will be entitled to his freedom under
the will of Jacob Howard, deceased, sound in body and mind:  To have
and to hold the said Negro Man, as a servant aforesaid, untill the expiration
of the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred & sixty seven 1867, as
above bargained & sold unto the said James Thompson, his heirs, executors,
Administrators and Assigns, against me the said Thomas M. Flint, my
heirs, executors and Administrators, and against all and every other person
or persons whatsoever, shall & will warrant and forever defend.
In testimony whereof we Thomas M. Flint & James Thompson have
hereunto set our hands & affixed seals this seventh day of December eighteen
hundred and fifty.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of            Thomas M. Flint    (seal)
John H. Nicolson   Kengamin F. Sherman                 James Thompson   (seal)

                                     Maryland, Dorchester County, To wit:  On the seventh
day of December 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 Thomas M. Flint & James Thompson, and acknowledged the
within Bill of sale to be their act and deed, according to the purport, true
intent and meaning of the same; and at the same time came before
me, James Thompson 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                        John D. Stevens   J. P.

Rec.d Dec.r 9.th 1850 one dollar in lieu of a stamp on this Bill
of sale.                                                         Wm Jackson   Clk


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