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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
Volume 818, Page 462   View pdf image
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sale of said negroes, and to secure them to Mary T. Wood, wife of
said William H. Wood, agreed to loan her the sum of twelve hundred
dollars, to satisfy said judgments, provided said William
her husband, would secure to her, the said negroes, who had
formerly belonged to the Estate of her Father, Robert Garner
deceased, said loan to be secured to them, by a mortgage on
her real estate.  And whereas in furtherance of said agreement,
said one James Ward advanced the sum of six
hundred dollars, Richard L. Griffith, one hundred dollars
and Floyd Chaney five hundred dollars, and said sums of
money having been secured by mortgage on her interest,
in her said Father's real estate, as by mortgage, intended to
bear even date with these presents, and recorded among the
records of Anne Arundel County, will appear, and the said
money having been applied in payment of said Judgments
and Executions, the said William H Wood, in accordance with
said agreement, is willing to execute these presents.  Now
therefore this Indenture witnesseth, that for and in consideration
of the premises, and for the further consideration of the sum
of five dollars, current money to him in hand, well and
truly paid by the said Floyd Chaney at and before the sealing
and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
the said William H. Wood has granted, bargained
and sold, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell
unto the said Floyed Chaney his Executors Administrators
and assigns, all and singular the following negroes, slaves
for life, to wit:  Ann about the age of thirty five years, and her
six children, to wit:  Tom, Joe, Celia, Henry, Elisa, Ellen, and an
infant now in the possession of the said William H. Wood.  To have and
to hold, all and singular, the said named negro slaves, and
their increase, and each and every of them, above bargained and
sold, or mentioned and intended so to be, to the said Floyd
Chaney, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns forever, in trust
nevertheless, for the sole and separate use of the said Mary T. Wood
wife of the said William H Wood, during her natural life, and so
that she may have and enjoy the aforesaid negroes, and receive
and take the rent or hires and profits thereof in the same
manner as if she were a feme-sole, notwithstanding her
present or any future coverture, and without any liability
to and for the debts of her present, or any future husband,
with full power and authority for the said Mary T. Wood, to hire,
sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, or any of them, at her own will


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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
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