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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
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the library of the said John N. Steele all the said negroes and books having come to the possession
of the said John C. Henry and Daniel M. Henry by virtue of the deed of trust aforesaid
To have and to hold all the said negroes and books above bargained and sold or mentioned
and intended so to be to the said James Steele as administrator of the said John N. Steele
as aforesaid; of all and singular which said negroes and books the said John C. Henry and
Daniel M. Henry have put the said James Steele in full possession by delivering to him one
book at the Sealing and delivery of these presents in the name of the whole property hereby
bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be unto him the said James Steele administrator
as aforesaid

          In testimony whereof the said John C. Henry and Daniel M. Henry have hereunto
set their hands and seals this 27th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty four                                                                 John C. Henry      (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered                                                               Daniel M. Henry   (seal)
    in the presence of
                                  W.m D. Barrow

          State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:
                                  Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that on this
twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty four before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland
in and for Dorchester County aforesaid personally appeared John C. Henry and Daniel
M. Henry they being personally known to me to be the persons whom are named and
described as and professing to be the parties to the foregoing bill of sale and severally
acknowledged the Same to be their respective act and deed.  And at the same time and
place also appeared before me James Steele the grantee named in the said bill of
Sale and made Oath that the Consideration set forth in the said bill of sale is true
and bona fide as therein set forth.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name on the day and year aforesaid                              W.m D. Barrow

1854 December 27.th  Received of James Steele one dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this
Bill of Sale                                                                                  F. J. Henry Clk


John D. Farquharson      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the
       √   From  xd            following Bill of Sale was received and recorded on the 30.th
Levin M. Lewis              day of December 1854 to wit:
                                      Know all men by these presents that I Levin M. Lewis of
Dorchester County in the State of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of Eight
Hundred Dollars Current money of Maryland to me in hand paid by John D. Farquharson of
the Same County and State aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivering of these presents
the receipt whereof I the Said Levin M. Lewis do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained
and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John D. Farquharson
his heirs Executors administrators and assigns the following negroes to wit:  one negro man
named William Jolly aged thirty four years a slave for life and one negro woman named
Mary Jolley aged thirty five years a slave for life.  To Have and To Hold the said negroes
William Jolley and Mary Jolley as above bargained and sold or mentioned and intended
so to be to the Said John W. Farquharson his heirs Executors administrators and assigns

Del'd to Jno D Farquharson the 5 Jany 1858


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