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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
Volume 818, Page 408   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit   On this Eleventh
day of April 1850 personally appeared Beale Lusby before the subscriber
a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument of writing to be his act and deed
And at the same time appeared William Bryan party grantee
therein named and made oath that the consideration set forth
in said Instrument of Writing is true and Bona fide as therein
set forth
                                  J W Hunter
Recorded on the 11th day of April 1850
Ex d d d
Costs 75 cts


John H Somervell
           to
Benjamin Carr &
John T. Councilman
 This Indenture made this Twenty ninth day of
March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
and fifty between John H Somerville of Anne
Arundel Co and State of Maryland of the on
party and Benjamin Carr & John T. Councilman
of the same County and State of the other part   Whereas the said John
H. Somerville owes to and stands justly indebted to the said Benjamin
Carr & John T. Councilman practising medicine under the firm of
Carr & Councilman in the sum of two hundred and Eighty three dollars
twenty two cents   And whereas the said John H Somerville is also
indebted to the said Benj Carr & John T Councilman as the Executors
of John Scrivener late of Anne Arundel County deceased in the sum
of five hundred and fifty five dollars and fifteen cents   And
Whereas it is the intention of the said John H Somerville by these
presents to secure the said debts   Now This Indenture Witnesseth
that the said John H Somerville for and in consideration of
the sum of five dollars current money to him in hand paid by
the said Carr & Councilman the receipt of which he doth hereby acknowledge
hath granted bargained and sold and hereby doth grant
bargain and sell to the said Carr & Councilman the following
Negroes and property now in the possession of the said John
H Somerville Viz   John aged about 38 years Margaret aged
about 30 years Charles about 10 years of age Sarah aged about
8 years Alice aged 4 years 1 infant girl 18 months old Robert
aged 19 years Wat aged 25 years Stephen an Infant 1 year old
8 head of horses 6 steers 4 cows 25 hogs 28 sheep & Lambs 10 head
of cattle together with all my farming utensils house hold and
kitchen furniture beds & bedding &c   To Have and To Hold the
said the aforesaid negroes and property to the said Carr &
Councilman their Executors administrators and assigns forever
provided always and these presents are on this condition


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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
Volume 818, Page 408   View pdf image
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