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213 County the party grantor named in the within deed or bill of sale and acknowledges the same deed or instrument of writing to be his act and deed and the goods chattels property and stock therein described to be the right title property and Estate of John Leeds Kerr the grantor his executors administrators or assigns forever according to the purport true intent and meaning of the said deed or instrument of writing and the act of assembly in such case made and provided Certified by R Welch of Ben Justice of the peace Exd d d chd 63cts 5 Recorded the 10th day of November 1842 Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin E Gantt of Anne Arundel County and state of maryland for the purpose of securing payment of the debt hereinafter mentioned and in consideration of the sum of one dollar Current money to me in hand paid by Edward Hopkins of Prince Georges County and state aforesaid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said Edward Hopkins his Executors administrators and assigns one negro woman named Harriet aged twenty one years together with her increase which negro woman is now in my possession To have and To hold the said negro woman and her increase unto and to the use of the said Edward Hopkins his executors administrators and assigns forever provided however that I the said Benjamin E Gantt my Executors or administrators shall on or before the first day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty four pay unto the said Edward Hopkins his Executors administrators or assigns the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars with interest from the first of april Eighteen hundred and forty two now justly due and owing from me to the said Edwd Hopkins then these presents and every thing therein contained shall be null and void and it is hereby understood that until default made in payment of the aforesaid sum of money it shall and may be lawful for me the said Gantt my Executors and administrators to retain possession of the aforegoing negro woman and the service thereof to enjoy peaceably and quietly and without any molestation or interruption on the part of the said Hopkins his executors administrators or assigns In Witness whereof I the said Benjamin E Gantt have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two Signed & sealed & delivered in presence of Benjn E Gantt (seal) S Gambrill At the foot of the aforegoing was thus written to wit State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit On the twenty ninth day of October in the year Eighteen (hundred) |
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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1838-1845
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