clear space clear space clear space white space
A
 r c h i v e s   o f   M a r y l a n d   O n l i n e

PLEASE NOTE: The searchable text below was computer generated and may contain typographical errors. Numerical typos are particularly troubling. Click “View pdf” to see the original document.

  Maryland State Archives | Index | Help | Search		 search for:
clear space
white space
Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 223   View pdf image
 Jump to  
   << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>
clear space clear space clear space white space
                                                223

free my negro man named Thomas Henson being of the age of Thirty two
years and able to work and gain a Sufficient Livelihood and maintenance
and him the Said negro man named Thomas Henson I do declare to be henceforth
free manumitted and discharged from all manner of Service or Servitude to me
my executors or administrators forever   In Witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight Hundred and fifty Six                                             B. Janifer   (seal)
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of
John Bradshaw, Wm H. Bowdle

       State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:
                                        Be it Remembered that on this 17th day of
June 1856 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the State and
county aforesaid personally appeared Benjamin Jenifer and acknowledged
the above deed of manumission to be his act and according to the true
intent purport and meaning thereof      Sworn before         S. W. Lecompte
                                                            J. Peace In & for Dorchester county


The State of Maryland          Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that
          √      From                  the following Bond was received and recorded
William Creighton & others   on the 16th day of June 1856 to wit
                            Know all men by these precepts that we William
Creighton William Rea John R. Creighton of Dorchester county in the State
of Maryland are held and bound unto the State of Maryland in the full
and Just Sum of fifteen thousand dollars current money of the united
States to be paid to the State of Maryland which payment well and
truly to be made and done we bind ourselves and every of us ours and every
of our heirs Executors and administrators in the whole and for the whole
Jointly and Severally by these precepts, Sealed with our Seals and dated
this 16th June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
fifty Six            The Condition of the above obligations are such that if
the above bounden Wm Creighton shall well and truly discharge the
duties of treasurer of primary Schools of Dorchester county according to
Law then the above above obligation Shall be void otherwise it is to
be and remain in full force and virtue in Law   Wm Creighton       (seal)
Signed in the presents of Edward F. Street         Wm Rea           (seal)
By the County Commissioners                     John R. Creighton   (seal)
for Dorchester County June 16 1856
                                  The Bond & Sureties approved by the Commissioners
                                                             Josiah Jump clerk to county Commissioners


Insley Levin A.         Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that
       from   √             the following Bill of Sale was received and recorded
Sophia Dunnock       on the 20th day of June 1856, to wit:
                                     Know all men by these presents that I Sophia


  		clear space
clear space
white space

Please view image to verify text. To report an error, please contact us.
Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 223   View pdf image
 Jump to  
   << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>


This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: The site may contain material from other sources which may be under copyright. Rights assessment, and full originating source citation, is the responsibility of the user.

Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!

An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.

©Copyright  November 18, 2025
Maryland State Archives