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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 129   View pdf image
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(County)         In Testimony whereof I hereto Subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for
(   seal  )          Dorchester County this fourth day of October Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty four
                                                                                                                                               Francis J. Henry Clk


Received the 4th day of October 1854 of Eliza Williams the Sum of One Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of Sale
                                                                                                                                                 F. J. Henry Clk


John D. Parker                            Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill of
    √   from      Exam.d                 Sale was received and recorded on the 11th day of September in the year of
Levin W. Stewart acting admr      our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four to wit:
of Henry Maguire                                             Know all men by these presents that I L. W. Stewart acting administrator
                                                    of Henry Maguire deceased Late of Dorchester county in the state of Maryland for and
in consideration of the sum of six hundred and ten dollars and fifty Cents current money to me in hand paid by John D.
Parker of County and State aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged have granted bargained & sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John D. Parker
his executors administrators and assigns one negro woman Phebe now aged thirty three to serve as a slave untill she
attains the age of forty five years there to be free under the will of said Henry Maguire also girl Rebecca now two years
old to serve as a slave for life also boy Anthony now four years and one month old to serve as a slave untill he attains
to the age of forty five years then to be free under the will of said Maguire:  also girl ^Susan^ Emily now two months old to
serve as a slave untill she attains the age of forty five years then to be free under the will of the said Henry Maguire
All of which negroes were slaves for life to the said Henry Maguire deceased but by his will freed at the age of forty
five years except Rebecca.  To Have and To Hold the said negroes unto him the Said John D. Parker his
executors administrators and assigns for the times above mentioned and no longer   In witness whereof we  have
hereunto set our hands and seals this thirty first day of August eighteen hundred and fifty four
Signed Sealed and delivered                                                            L. W. Stewart acting Administrator   (seal)
       in presence of                                                                           Uriah McGuire passive      do           (seal)
                               W.m R. Tall                                                                                          his
                                                                                                                               John D. x Parker      (seal)
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State of Maryland    
Dorchester County      On this thirty first day of August eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared
before me W.m R. Tall a Justice of the peace in and for Said County & state L. W. Stewart and Uriah Maguire and John
D. Parker known to me to be the persons mentioned and described as and purporting to be the Seller and buyer in foregoing
Bill of Sale and severally acknowledged that they did execute the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned
At the same time the said John D. Parker made Oath before me on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration
set forth in said bill of Sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth
                                                                                                                                     W.m R. Tall   JP

Received the 11th day of September 1854 of John D. Parker the sum of One Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this
Bill of Sale                                                                                                                      F. J. Henry Clk

Bill of Sale Delivered to John D. Parker Decr 15.th 1854


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