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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 210   View pdf image
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Charles Austin      Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the following
    √   From  xd     Release of Mortgage was received and recorded on the fifth
Levin Mobray &   day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred
Jacob Willey         and fifty six to wit:
                                              This Indenture made this fith day of May
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and fifty Six between Levin Mobray and
Jacob Willey of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland of the one part and
Charles Austin free colored man of the Same County and State aforesaid of the
other part               Whereas the said Charles Austin, by indenture of Mortgage,
bearing date the twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen
Hundred and fifty four duly executed acknowledged and recorded among the
chattel record books for Dorchester County in Liber F. J. H. No. 2 folios 88 & 89 did
for and in consideration and on account of the Said Levin Mobray and Jacob Willey
becoming security for the Said Charles Austin on a certain Bill obligatory to
John A. Scott bearing date the first day of January Eighteen hundred and
fifty four for the Sum of Five Hundred dollars payable twelve months after
date with interest from date of Said Bill obligatory, grant, bargain and sell unto
the Said Levin Mobray and Jacob Willey their heirs executors administrators
and assigns the following goods and chattels to wit: one iron grey Horse Tom
one Spotted mare Called Betts one white mare called Nance one red Steer
called Lamb one dark steer called Jake one red Steer Called Turk one red
steer with white back called Tory two white Cows two heifers two Steer yearlings
one red Calf twenty one head of hogs, twelve head of Sheep, two ox
carts, two cultivators, two plows four beds bedsteads and furniture, one
dozen chairs, one bureau, one large table, one clock, one old desk and all
the rest and residue of his household and Kitchen furniture, the crop of
wheat then growing on the ground where the said Austin then resided, one
hundred barrels of corn, five thousand pounds of blade fodder and six top stacks,
as by reference to said deed of Mortgage will more fully appear.  And Whereas
the said Charles Austin hath fully paid and satisfied to him the Said John
A. Scott the above mentioned sum of Five Hundred dollars and the interest
thereon being the entire amount of Said Bill obligatory which the Said
Charles Austin gave to the Said John A. Scott & on which the Said Levin
Mobray & Jacob Willey were security they the Said Levin Mobray and Jacob
Willey do agree to execute this instrument of writing as a full release of
the within described property.  Now This Indenture Witnesseth that the
said Levin Mobray and Jacob Willey for and in consideration of the payment
of the within mentioned sum of money and the interest thereon to the said
John A. Scott by the Said Charles Austin and for and in consideration of
one dollar to them the Said Levin Mobray and Jacob Willey in hand paid
by the Said Charles Austin at and before the sealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have given, granted
bargained and sold and by these presents do give grant bargain and sell
unto him the Said Charles Austin his heirs and assigns forever the within
mentioned and described property.  To Have and To Hold the said within


 
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