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182 seven. Richard Phelps (seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Eli Gaither At the foot of the foregoing was thus written to wit State of Maryland A. A. County Sct Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before the Subscribers two Justices of the peace of Maryland in and for Anne Arundel County aforesaid personally appears Richard Phelps he being known to us to be the person who is named and described as and professing to be a party to the foregoing Bill of sale or Indenture and doth acknowledged the said Indenture or Instrument of writing to be his act and deed. In Testimony whereof we hereunto subscribe our names on the day and year aforesaid Eli Gaither J P Recorded the 26.th day of March 1847 Geo A Barber costs 75 cts Paid (State of Maryland stamp) ( 10 )
and sixty dollars current money to me in hand paid by William T. Gantt of the County aforesaid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said William T. Gantt my negro woman Jenny aged about fifty two years a slave for life. To Have and To Hold the said negro woman hereby granted and sold unto the said William T. Gantt his Executors and administrators and assigns in trust nevertheless to and for the sole and seperate use of Jane Gantt wife of Benjamin E Gantt and to be subject to her disposal by any deed or instrument of writing under her hand and seal and acknowledged before any of the justices of the peace in the same manner and to the like extent as if she were sole and unmarried. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this thirtieth day of March eighteen hundred and forty seven Signed sealed and delivered Sam.l E. Duvall (seal) in presence of William Glover At the foot of the foregoing was thus written to wit |
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