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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 315   View pdf image
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subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the County and state aforesaid, and
acknowledged the above Bill of sale to be her act & deed, and delivered
the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned, according to the Act of
Assembly in such cases made & provided.
Acknowledged before                                    Charles Corkran

Received January 22.d 1851 one dollar in lieu of a stamp on
this Bill of Sale                                                   Wm Jackson   Clk.


Thomas H. Hurley      Be it remembered that the following Bill of Sale
Ex.d   from       60      was recorded on the 10.th day of February A. D. 1851.
Tho. J. H. Eccleston    Know all men by these presents that I Thomas J.
                                  H. Eccleston of Dorchester County & State of Maryland,
for and in consideration of the sum of seven hundred & fifty dollars,
current money, to me in hand paid by Thomas H. Hurley, of Dorchester
County & State aforesaid, have granted, bargained & sold, and by these
presents do grant, bargain & sell, unto the said Thomas H. Hurley, his
heirs and Assigns, Negro Man Thomas Cornish, slave for life & sound
in body & mind.  To have and to hold the said Negro Thomas
Cornish, as above bargained and sold, unto the said Thomas H. Hurley,
his heirs, executors, Administrators & Assigns, against me the said Thomas
J. H. Eccleston, my heirs, executors & Administrators, and against all and
every other person or persons whatsoever, will warrant & forever defend.
In testimony whereof I, Thomas J. H. Eccleston have hereto set my hand
and affixed my seal the eighth day of February Anno Domini 1851.
Signed sealed & delivered in the
presence of James Rea                             Thomas J. H. Eccleston   (Seal)

Maryland, Dorchester County To wit:  On the eighth day of February
Eighteen hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before me, a Justice
of the Peace of Dorchester County, the within named Thomas J. H. Eccleston
and acknowledged the within Bill of Sale to be his act & deed, according
to the purport, true intent & meaning thereof:  And at the same time
came before me, Thomas H. Hurley, 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.
Acknowledged and sworn to before
                                                                         James Rea

1850 February 10.th  Received of Thomas H. Hurley the sum of one
dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of sale.
                                                                   Wm Jackson  Clk


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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
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