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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 51   View pdf image
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right, title and interest of the said Elizabeth R. Rawleigh decd of in and to said negro man named Noah unto the
said James L. Colston his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their sole use and uses forever, and for no other use intent
or purpose whatsoever      In Witness whereof the said William C. Huffington Executor aforesaid has hereunto subscribed
his name and affixed his seal this twenty sixth day of April Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty three
Signed sealed and delivered
       in presence of                                                                                    Wm C Huffington Exo.r   (seal)
                               James Rea                                                                     of E. R. Rawleigh dec.d

State of Maryland Dorchester County fs                        Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified
that on this Seventy sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared
William C. Huffington Exor of Elizabeth R. Rawleigh dec.d before the subscriber one of the state of
Maryland's Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing bill of sale or instrument
of writing to be his act and deed, according to the true intent and meaning thereof and the Acts of assembly
in such Cases made and provided.  And I also further Certify that James L. Colston party vendee named
in the foregoing bill of sale personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that the Consideration
mentioned in the foregoing bill of sale is true and bona fide as therein set forth.
                                           Acknowledged and sworn before                  James Rea

Received May 12.th 1853 of James L. Colston the sum of one dollar in lieu of a stamp on this Bill of sale
                                                                                                                                  Francis J. Henry Clk


State of Maryland                     Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following Bond
         from xd  √                       was received and recorded on the 13.th day of May 1853 to wit
John Reed Edward M. Morris                              Know all men by these Presents, that we      (Stamp)
          William Howeth              John Reed Edward M. Morris & William Howeth of               (   15  )
                                                Dorchester County are held and firmly bound unto the state of  (Cents)
Maryland in the full and Just sum of three hundred dollars Current money of the united states to be
paid to the said state or its Certain Attorney, to the which payment well and truly to be made and done,
we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and administrators in the whole and for the whole jointly and severally firmly
by these presents, Sealed with our seals and dated this Nineth day of May eighteen hundred and fifty
three

             Whereas the Commissioners for Dorchester County by virtue of a supplement to an act entitled an
additional supplement to the act entitled an act to regulate ferries have Contracted with the said John
Reed to keep the ferry over the North west Fork of the Nanticoke river Commonly Called the
Crotchers Ferry and agree to allow the said John Reed the sum of Two hundred and Seventy five
dollars Current money for the same      Now the Condition of the above obligation is such that if
the above bounden John Reed shall faithfully and diligently keep the said ferry over the North
West Fork of the Nanticoke river Commonly Called the Crotchers Ferry from daylight to daylight
from the first of November to the first of March and from an hour before to an hour after light for
the residue of the year Commencing on the Tenth day of May 1853 and ending twelve months thereafter
and shall keep Constantly and in good order a scow that will safely Carry six passangers and their
horses at one trip with an able bodied and skillful hand to attend the ferry aforesaid and shall not charge
or receive any greater prices for ferriage than what is allowed by law; Then the above obligation to be
void otherwise of full force and virtue in law                                                         his
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of                                                    John x Reed          (seal)
                William Rea                                                                                        mark
                                                                                                                     Edwd W. Morris   (seal)
                                                                                                                               his
                                                                                                                        W.m x Howeth   (seal)
                                                                                                                              mark


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