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Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
Volume 814, Page 473   View pdf image
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in the Said Bill of Sale named and made Oath that the consideration
Set forth in Said Bill of Sale is true and bona fide
as therein set forth
                                                    Edwd Harwood J P
Recd to be recorded on the 20th day of October 1860 same day recorded
and Examined per
                                                       W W Watkins clk


William Cooke
Bill of Sale to
Georgianna Williams
 Know all men by these presents that
I William Cooke of the City of Baltimore
and State of Maryland for
and in consideration of the Sum of
Three hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid by
Georgianna Williams wife of Benjamin Williams of Howard
County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof I
William Cooke do hereby acknowledge and by these presents
do grant bargain and sell unto the said Georgianna
Williams wife of Benjamin Williams his heirs executors
administrators and assigns one negro woman named
Lavenia Mitchell aged fifty years and a slave for
life which said negro woman is now in the possession
of Georgianna Williams
To Have and To Hold the said negro woman Lavenia
Mitchell above bargained and sold unto said Georgianna
Williams wife of Benjamin her heirs administrators
and assigns all and singular the said negro woman
unto said Georgiana Williams her heirs administrators
and assigns and will forever warrant and defend
against all persons whatsoever by these presents
    In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal this twenty second day of October Eighteen
hundred and Sixty
    Witness

J G Worthington                     Wm Cooke   (Seal)

State of Maryland Howard County to wit
Be it remembered and I hereby Certify that on this twenty
third day of October Eighteen hundred and Sixty before
the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland
and for the County aforesaid personally appeared
William Cooke and Georgiana Williams who are to me
known of my own knowledge to be the persons described in
the foregoing Bill of Sale and acknowledged the same


 

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