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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
Volume 818, Page 483   View pdf image
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for a term of years out of the State of Maryland and the said
Court having authorised me to do so by their order passed on
my petition on the sixteenth day of November last Have
this day for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred
dollars to me in hand paid by Edwin W. Duvall the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged transferred set
over and assigned and by these presents do transfer set
over and assign to the said Edwin W. Duvall of the City of
Annapolis in Anne Arundel County aforesaid the said negro
Bill a slave for a term of years and to serve for seven years
from the first day of December last past being about the age
of thirty three years and being the same slave whom the said
Watkins was by the said order authorised to sell out of the State
of Maryland for turbulent and vicius conduct and the
interest of the said Watkins being in the remainder of the
said term of years.  To Have and To Hold the said Slave Bill
for and during the rest and residue of his said term of years
and no longer to the said Edwin W. Duvall and his Executors
administrators and assigns.  In Testimony whereof the said
James H. Watkins of N and the said Edwin W. Duvall have
hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals on this
twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one
Signed Sealed and delivered        James H. Watkins of N   (seal)
    in presence of J. W. Hunter     Edwin W. Duvall             (seal)

    At the foot of the foregoing was thus written to wit

       State the Maryland Anne Arundel County

    Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that on this
twenty fourth day of June in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one before the subscriber justice of the peace
of the State of Maryland in and for the County aforesaid
personelly appeared James H. Watkins of N and Edwin W.
Duvall both of the said County and acknowledged the
aforegoing bill of sale or instrument of writing to be
their act and deed and at the same time made oath on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that the consideration
set forth in the said bill of sale or instrument of writing is true
and bona fide as therein set forth.  In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand on the day above mentioned
                                     J. W. Hunter

Received June 24.th 1851 one dollar being the stamp duty


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Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1845-1851
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