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Dorchester County Court Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 776, Page 331   View pdf image
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William H. Travers                Be it remembered that the following Bill
Exd       from         65            of sale was recorded on the 16.th day of April
John E. Hooper & others      1851, To wit:
                                             Know all men by these presents that we
John Edwin Hooper and Maria K. Hooper, John H. Bramble and
Olivia H. Bramble, of Dorchester County, for and in consideration of
the sum of Fifty dollars, current money, to me ^us^ in hand paid by
William H. Travers, of the same County and state aforesaid, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold, conveyed & transfered,
and by these presents do bargain & sell, convey and transfer unto the said
William H. Travers, his heirs and Assigns, all our right, title, claim,
interest & demand in and to a certain Negro Boy called James Dickinson,
a slave for life.  To have and to hold the said Negro Boy called
James Dickinson unto the said William H. Travers, his heirs and
Assigns, against us the said John E. Hooper and Maria K. Hooper
and John H. Bramble and Olivia H. Bramble and their heirs, and
against all persons claiming by, from or under them us, unto the said
William H. Travers, his heirs and Assigns, to his and their sole use and
uses forever.  In testimony whereof the said John Edwin Hooper and
Maria K. Hooper his wife, and John H. Bramble and Olivia H.
Bramble his wife, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed
their seals this tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and
fifty one.                                                              Jno Edwin Hooper   (seal)
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of       Maria K. Hooper   (seal)
                John D. Stevens                                       Jn.o H. Bramble  (seal)
                                                                            Olivia H. Bramble   (seal)

Maryland, Dorchester County, ss

On this tenth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & fifty one, personally appeared John E. Hooper and Maria K
Hooper his wife, John H. Bramble and Olivia H. Bramble his
wife, and acknowledged the above Bill of sale, or instrument of writing
to be their Act and deed and delivered the same for the uses and
purposes therein mentioned, according to the Act of Assembly in such
cases made and provided.                                       John D. Stevens a
Acknowledged before                                             Justice of the Peace.

Maryland, Dorchester County ss:  On this 12.th day of April in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally
appeared William H. Travers, party grantee mentioned in the within &
aforegoing Bill of sale, and made Oath that the consideration mentioned
in the said Bill of sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth.
                         Sworn before                     John D. Stevens   J. P.

Delivered November 20th 1853 to William H. Traverse


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