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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 69   View pdf image
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my heirs, executors and administrators, all and singular the said goods & chattels as above mentioned
unto the said Francis J. Henry and Alexander H. Bayly their Executors, administrators and assigns,
against me the said Richard Mitchell my executors and administrators, and against all and every
other person or persons whatsoever, shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents
       In witness whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix my seal this seventeenth day of October
Eighteen hundred & fifty three
signed sealed and delivered                                                            Richard Mitchell      (seal)
       in the presence of
                      Charles Corkran

State of Maryland, Dorchester County to wit:      Be it remembered that on the seventeenth
day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid, Richard Mitchell, and
acknowledged the within Bill of Sale or Instrument of Writing to be his act and deed, according to
the true intent and meaning thereof.  And at the same time personally appeared before me Francis
J. Henry and D.r Alexander H. Bayly party grantees within named and made Oath on the Holy
Evangely of Almighty God that the Consideration set forth in said Bill of Sale is true and Bona
fide as therein set forth                  Acknowledged & Sworn to before
                                                                                                                Charles Corkran


Elisha Holliday negro      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following manumission
Paid      from  xd            was received and recorded on the 19.th day of October 1853
Elizabeth C. Sulivane             State of Maryland Dorchester County, To wit      To all whom it may
                                     Concern, be it Known, that I Elizabeth C. Sulivane of Dorchester County,
state of Maryland for divers good Causes and Considerations, me thereunto moving, have released from
slavery, liberated, manumitted and set free, and by these presents do hereby release from slavery
liberate, manumit and set free my negro man Elisha Holliday, being in good health & able to work
and gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance, and he, the said Elisha 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 testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 1 day
January 1851
        Test        Charles Corkran                                        Elizabeth C. Sulivane    (seal)

State of Maryland Dorchester County sc:      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that
on this 1st day of January 1850 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the state of Maryland
in & for Dorchester County aforesaid personally appears Elizabeth C. Sulivane she being
Known to me, to be the person who is named and described as & professing to be, the party
to the foregoing deed of manumission & doth acknowledge the said indenture or instrument
of writing to be her act or deed               In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & seal on the
day & year aforesaid
                                                                                                    Charles Corkran


Thomas H. Keene       Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the
       √    from   xd        following Bill of sale was received and recorded on the 22d day of
Washington A. Smith   October 1853 to wit
                                               Know all men by these presents, that I. Washington A.

1854 January 28.th delivered to D.r Washington A Smith by mail


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