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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 145   View pdf image
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the said Levin Mobray his Executors administrators and assigns against him the said Henry
Smith his executors and administrators and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever
shall and will warrant and defend by these presents

         In testimony whereof the Said Henry Smith hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day
and year first before herein within                                                            his
    R. R. Robertson                                                                        Henry x Smith   (seal)
                                                                                                             mark

    State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:
                           Be it remembered that on this 29th day of January 1855 Before me
the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the State and County aforesaid personally appeared
Henry Smith party grantor mentioned and acknowledged the within and aforegoing Bill
of Sale to be his act and deed according to the true purport and meaning thereof and at the
same time came before me Levin Mobray within mentioned and made Oath on the Holy
Evangelly of Almighty God that the consideration set forth in this bill of Sale is true
and bona fide as therein set forth according to the true meaning of the Act of Assembly
made and provided
                                        Acknowledged and Sworn before
                                                                                              R. R. Robertson


William Mills                Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following
  √   from   xd               Bill of Sale was received and recorded on the 12th day of February
John R. Andrews &      in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five to wit:
    Robert W. Andrews                           Know all men by these presents that we John R
                                    Andrews and Robert W. Andrews of Dorchester County in the state of
Maryland for and in Consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars Current money of Maryland to us
in hand paid by William Mills of the said County and State before the ensealing and delivery of
these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said John R. Andrews and Robert W
Andrews have granted Bargained and sold conveyed and transferred and by these presents do grant
Bargain and Sell convey and transfer unto the said William Mills his heirs and assigns forever all
their right and interest of in and to one negro girl named Jane aged five years a slave for
life and now in the possession of the said William Mills   To Have and To Hold the above
described negro girl Jane unto the said William Mills his heirs and assigns forever and to and
for no other use interest or purpose whatsoever against us the said John R Andrews and Robert
W. Andrews and our heirs and against all persons whatsoever Claiming the said negro girl
Jane we shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents      In testimony whereof
the said John R. Andrews and Robert W. Andrews have hereunto subscribed their names
and affixed their Seals this the fifteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty five
Signed sealed and                                                                  John R. Andrews     (seal)
delivered in presence of                                                          Robt W. Andrews   (seal)
                         D. W. Tyler

    The State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit
             Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that on the fifteenth day of January
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me
the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for Dorchester County state aforesaid


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