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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 319   View pdf image
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                                 319.

the said instrument of writing and the acts of Assembly in
such cases made & provided.
Sworn before & Certified by Charles Corkran, a Justice of the Peace.


John S. Mitchell                 Be it remembered that the following
Ex.d      To      50              Deed of Manumission was recorded on the
Negro Tom or Thomas      12.th day of March A. D. 1851, To wit:
                                         To all whom it may concern, be it known
that I, John S. Mitchell, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland,
for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving,
have released from slavery, liberated, manumitted & set free, and by
these presents do hereby release from slavery, liberate, manumit and
set free, my negro man named Tom, being of the age of twenty eight
on the first day of January last, to be free when he attains the age of
forty years, being able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and
maintenance, and him the said negro man named Thomas or Tom
I do declare to be thenceforth free, manumitted & discharged from
all manner of service or servitude to me, my Executors or administrators
forever.  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name
and seal this 21.st day of February 1851.
Witness two                                                   John S. Mitchell   (seal)
Charles Corkran   Wm Rea.
                                           Maryland, Dorchester County Sct:  Be it
remembered that on the 21.st day of February Anno Domini 1851, Then
came John S. Mitchell before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace,
in and for Dorchester County, acknowledged the within deed of Manumission
to be his act and deed, according to the purport, true intent & meaning
of the same, and the Acts of Assembly in such case made & provided.
Certified by                                                   Charles Corkran.


Alward Johnson                 Be it remembered that the following
Ex.d   from      85               Bill of Sale & Deed of Manumission was
Josiah Hughes & others      recorded on the 15.th day of March 1851, To wit:
                                          Know all men by these presents that we
Josiah Hughes & Denwood Hughes, Executors of the last will and
testament of William Hughes, and Mary Ann Hughes, Widow &
residuary Legatee of the said William Hughes, for and in consideration
of the sum of Four hundred & sixty dollars, to them
in hand paid by Alward Johnson, the said Josiah & Denwood
and Mary Ann Hughes and the said Alward Johnson being residents
of Dorchester County and State of Maryland, have given,
granted, bargained & sold, and by these presents do give, grant,
bargain & sell unto the said Alward Johnson and his heirs

Del.d to Alward Johnson 27th April 1853.


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