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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 201   View pdf image
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same County and State aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof
I the said Reubin E. Phillips do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold and by these
presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Bennett his Executors administrators & assigns
One negro Woman Amanda Light aged about twenty three years and her Child boy Edward aged
about ten months slaves for life sound & healthy.  To Have and To Hold the said negro Woman
Amanda Light & her son Edward release bargain and sold or mentioned and intended so to be to the
said Thomas Bennett his Executors and administrators and assigns forever.  In Witness Whereof the
said Reubin E. Phillips hath hereunto set his hand and seal this 15th day of January 1856.
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of                                             R. E. Phillips   (seal)
                                     Charles Corkran
                                                                      Maryland Dorchester County Sct.  On the 15th day of
January 1856 Then Came before me a Justice of the Peace Thomas Bennett and made oath that the
Consideration within named is just and true & bona fide as therein stated; and at the same time Came
Reubin E. Phillips and acknowledged the within Bill of Sale to be his act and deed and delivered
for the uses & purposes therein mentioned.
                                              Sworn Before                                    James W. Wright J. P.

1856 January 26th  Received of Thomas Bennett one Dollar in lieu of a Stamp on this Bill
of Sale                                                                                                   F. J. Henry Clk


John Twilley      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill of Sale
Paid   from   6    was received and recorded on the 29th day of January Anno Domini 1856 to wit:
Thomas J. Sard   Know all men by these presents that I Thomas J Sards of Dorchester
                          County and State of Maryland for and in Consideration of the sum of
Ninety three Dollars and twenty seven Cents Current money to me in hand paid by John Twilley
of Dorchester County and State of Maryland have granted bargained and sold and by
these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John Twilley his heirs and assigns the following
property, to wit:  One Bay Horse John, 2 Heiffer yearlings, 12 head hogs, one ox Cart,
one lot Corn, one lot pork & one lot blade fodder, farming utensils, Household and Kitchen
furniture.  To Have and To Hold the above described property as above bargained
and sold unto the said John Twilley his heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns agains me
the said Thomas J. Sard my heirs Executors and administrators and against all and every other
person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend.  In Testimony Whereof,
I, Thomas J. Sard have hereto set my hand and affixed seal this twenty ninth day of January
Eighteen Hundred and fifty six.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of                                       Thomas J. Sard   (seal)
                                          James Moobray
                                                                      Maryland Dorchester County to wit:  On the
twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the within named
Thomas J. Sard and acknowledged the within Bill of Sale to be his act and deed according
to the purport true intent and meaning of the same; and at the same time came before me John
Twilley within mentioned and made oath on the Holy Evangely 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 act of Assembly made and provided.               Acknowledged and Sworn before
                                                                                                       James Moobray

Deld to John Twilley March 23d 1856


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