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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1838-1845
Volume 817, Page 301   View pdf image
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To have and To hold the said negro boy Robert Stepney above bargained & sold to
him the said Thomas J Mezick his heirs and assigns for ever  And it is hereby expressly
agreed by and between the parties of the first and second part thereto the said Orlando
Hancock under takes to convey no more than the title he has in said negro boy and
that the said Thomas J Mezick is to have no recourse to the said Orlando Hancock in
case the title of said Hancock in said negro boy is defective  In Witness whereof the
said Orlando Hancock hath hereto set his hand and affixed his seal this 11th day of
December 1843                                             Orlando Hancock   (seal)
Test      J W Hunter

      At the foot of the aforegoing was thus written to wit

      Recd 11th December 1843 of Thomas J Mezick one hundred & sixty three dollars and
twenty Cents the Consideration money mentioned in the foregoing bill of sale
Test   J W Hunter                                             Orlando Hancock

    Maryland Anne Arundel County sc  Be it remembered That on this 11 day of
December 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of
the State of maryland for Anne Arundel County the above named Orlando Hancock
known to me to as the Identical person mentioned in the foregoing bill of sale as grantor
and whom I Certify to be such and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed for
the purposes therein declared according to the true intent & meaning thereof
Exd d d         Acknowledged before               J W Hunter
chd
70
5¼      Recorded the 12th day of December 1843


       This Indenture made this Eleventh day of December in the year one
thousand Eight hundred and forty three  Between Orlando Hancock of Anne
Arundel County Maryland of the one part and Thomas J Mezick of the same place
of the other part  Witnesseth that whereas Joshua Johnson of Anne Arundel County
on the 30th day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty two
by his deed or mortgage of that state duly Executed and recorded in Liber W J G N.o 2
folio 198 one of the personal deed record books of Anne Arundel County did grant
bargain and sell unto the said Orlando Hancock his heirs and assigns for ever
in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty three dollars Current
money one negro boy called Robert Stepney to serve the said Orlando until he
should arrive to the age of thirty one years provided that if the said Joshua
Johnson his Executors or administrators should pay and satisfy the said Orlando
Hancock his heirs Executors administrators or assigns the said sum of one
hundred & fifty three dollars with Interest for the same on or before the last day of
August 1843 the said deed of mortgage should be of no effect  And whereas the
said Joshua Johnson departed this life serve the Execution of said heretofore
                                                                                                    (executed)


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