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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
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Five Hundred Dollars paid me by Samuel M Traverse resident of the County and State aforesaid do hereby
bargain and sell to the said Samuel M Traverse my negro slave Thomas to serve till he is thirty six
years of age and said slave to serve till he is thirty six years and no longer and the said vendor being
entitled to the said slave for the whole time.  Witness our hands and seals this 20 day of Oct 1856.
Test                                                                                                                           M Travers   (seal)
          W. K. Travers                                                                                          Sam M Travers   (seal)

                                  State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit  I hereby Certify that on this twentieth
day of October 1856 Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the
Dorchester County aforesaid Matthias Travers and acknowledged the foregoing Bill of Sale to be his act
                                                                                                                            Thomas Lambdin


S & E Harrington      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill od Sale was received
        √   from   xd      and recorded on the 3rd day of November Anno Domini 1856 to wit:
Joseph Marine          I Joseph Marine of Dorchester County and State of Maryland in Consideration of the
                                sum of seventy two dollars and forty eight cents paid me by S & E Harrington of Dorchester
County and State aforesaid do hereby bargain and sell to the said S & E Harrington the following property to
wit:  one yoke of oxen, two ox Carts, three cows, two Heifers, two yearlings, two calves, ten head of sheep, Eight head
hogs, one mare & Colt, one Carriage, four ploughs, four Harrows, one wheat Fan, and all of my interest in all
of the Corn crop top & Blade fodder that I now own and likewise all the wheat that I raise this present
year.  As Witness my hand and seal this the 23.d day of October 1856                           his
Test   W.m R. Tall                                                                                                Joseph x Marine   (seal)
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                               State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:   I hereby Certify that on this 23.d day of
October 1856 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of Dorchester County and
State aforesaid Joseph Marine and acknowledged the foregoing Bill of Sale to be his act
                                                                                                                         W.m R. Tall


Charles Shenton Jr      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bill of Sale
    √      from   xd         was received and recorded on the 12th day of November Anno Domini 1856 to wit:
Charles Shenton Sr      I Charles Shenton Senior of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland in Consideration
                                  of love and affection for my son Charles Shenton Junior and of
one Dollar paid me by Charles Shenton Jr do hereby bargain and sell to the said Charles Shenton Jr.
the following property negro Woman Charity aged 24 years negro boy George aged 16 years negro
Boy Robert aged 14 years negro Girl Harriet aged 12 years negro Girl Loiusa aged 10 years negro
boy William aged 8 years negro boy Peter aged 6 years Negro Girl Minty aged 4 years Negro Woman
Eliza aged 30 years and her Child Joseph lina slaves for life.  Witness my hand and seal this
28th day of October A. D. 1856.
Test   S. W. LeCompte                                                                              Charles Shenton   (seal)
          Elias Griswold
                                  State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit:   I hereby Certify that on this 28th
day of October A. D. 1856 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for
Dorchester County aforesaid Charles Shenton Senior, and acknowledged the foregoing Bill of Sale to be his
act.  At the same time appeared Charles Shenton Junior and being by my duly sworn on the Holy Evangely
of Almighty God made oath that the Consideration in said Bill of Sale is true and bona fide as therein
set forth
                                                                                                                      Sam.l W. LeCompte J. P.


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