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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 185   View pdf image
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Joseph Spedden      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill
     √   From   xd      of Sale was received and recorded on the 22d day of October in the year of
Levi D. Traverse      our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five, To wit:
                                  Know all men by these presents that I, Levi D. Traverse of Dorchester
County in the State of Maryland for and in Consideration of the Sum of Six Hundred
Dollars Current money in Maryland to me in hand paid by Joseph Spedden of the Same
County and State aforesaid at or before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the
receipt whereof I the said Levi D. Traverse do hereby Acknowledge have granted bargained and
sold and by these presents do grant bargain and Sell unto the Said Joseph Spedden his
Executors administrators and assigns the following property to wit:  One negro woman named
Cassy or Cassandra aged about twenty two years & her infant Child aged about nine
months slaves for life.  To Have and To Hold the above described property as above
bargained and sold or mentioned or intended so to be to the Said Joseph Spedden
his Executors administrators and assigns forever and I the said Levi D. Traverse for
myself my heirs Executors and administrators all and Singular the Said property as
above described unto the Said Joseph Spedden his heirs, Executors administrators and
assigns against me the said Levi D. Traverse my Executors and Administrators and
against all and every other person and persons whatsoever shall and will warrant
and forever defend by these presents            In witness whereof, I, Levi D. Traverse,
hath hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this the 17th day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Signed Sealed and delivered
       in the presence of                                             Levi D. Travers   (seal)
                         Charles Corkran

Maryland Dorchester County to wit:  Be it remembered that on this seventeenth
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appears before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County and State aforesaid the within named Levi D. Traverse and acknowledges
the within Bill of Sale or instrument of writing to be his act and deed according
to the purport true intent and meaning of the Same at the Same time Came before
me Justice as aforesaid Joseph Spedden within mentioned and made Oath
that the consideration set forth in this Bill of Sale is true and bona fide as therein
set forth                        Acknowledged and Sworn before   Charles Corkran J. P.

Received the 22nd day of October 1855 of Joseph Spedden the Sum of One
Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill of sale
                                                                                  Francis J. Henry Clk

Delivered to Joseph Spedden August 27th 1856 by Alfred J. Mobray


James Plummer             Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the
Paid   from                    following Bill of Sale was received and recorded on the
Washington Rumbly      19th day of November 1855 to wit:
                                        Know all men by theas that I Washington Rumbly
of Dorchester county in the state of Maryland for and in consideration
of the Sum of one Hundred Dollars current money to me in hand paid
by James Pattison of the county and State aforesaid at and before the
sealing and Delivery Heareof the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have


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