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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 125   View pdf image
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Catharine Lewis Cornwell      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill of Sale was
       √      from      x.d            received and recorded on the 29th day of August 1854 to wit:
Joel Cornwell                        Know all men by these presents That I Joel Cornwell of Dorchester County
                                        and state of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars lawful money of the united States, in hand paid by Catharine Lewis Cornwell of the county and state
aforesaid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged:  Have
granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the Said Catharine Lewis Cornwell
her Executors, Administrators and Assigns one negro girl Named Amey aged about eighteen months a Slave
for life To Have and To Hold the Said described Negro girl Amey together with all of her natural increase
to the Said Catharine Lewis Cornwell her Executors, Administrators and Assigns forever; and I the said Joel
Cornwell for myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators the said negro girl Amey with her natural increase
unto the said Catharine Lewis Cornwell her Executors, Administrators and Assigns against me the said Joel
Cornwell and against my Executors and Administrators and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever
shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents.

       In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of June Eighteen hundred
and Fifty four (1854)
Signed Sealed and delivered
       in the presence of
                            Dorchester County State of Maryland ss.
                                                 Be it remembered That on this thirtieth day of June 1854 before the
Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County appears Joel Cornwell and Acknowledges the above instrument
of writing to be his act and deed according to the true intent and meaning thereof.
                                                                   Acknowledged Before                  Samuel Key J. P.

Dorchester County State of Maryland ss:
             Be it known that on this 7th day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred hundred and fifty four.
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared
Miss Catharine Lewis Cornwell the grantee in the within bill of Sale and made Oath on the Holy Evangely
of Almighty God, that the Consideration set forth in the said Bill of Sale is true and bona fide as therein
set forth                                                                                                   Samuel Keys J. P.

       Received the 29th day of August 1854 of Catharine Lewis Cornwell, the sum of one dollar in lieu
of a Stamp on this Bill of Sale
                                                                                                    Francis J. Henry Clerk


Francis J. Henry                 Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill
paid   from   xd                   of Sale was received and recorded on the 29th day of August 1854
Thomas J. Dail admr. of      to wit:
Shadrach Mitchell                        Know all men by these presents that I Thomas J. Dail
                                           administrator of Shadrach Mitchell of Dorchester County in the state of
Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred and fifty Dollars Current money of
Maryland to me in hand paid by Francis J. Henry of the Same County and State aforesaid, at or before
the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof I the said Thomas J. Dail administrator
of Shadrach Mitchell do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and by these  presents
do grant bargain and sell unto the said Francis J. Henry his executors administrators and assigns a negro
woman named Sarah Skinner aged forty years a slave for life.  To Have and To Hold the said
negro woman named Sarah Skinner as above bargained and sold or mentioned or intended so to be


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