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date the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seven was proved and recorded in the said office on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven in Liber I. G. N.o 2 folio 388 and that the said William Hammond by his said will among other things did devise and bequeath direct that all the remainder of his negroes should be free twenty five years after his death together with their increase and issue And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Easther Smith whose height is about five feet three and an half inch; whose age is about thirty seven years; whose complexion is dark mulatto; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free in the month of April in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Easther was raised in Anne Arundel County and has a scar on the right hand and the fore finger drawn under the middle one In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my (Seal) name and affixed the Seal of my office this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Thomas T. Simmons Reg.r Wills A. A. County The State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to Wit: I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that on an examination of the Records and Papers in the Office of the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County it appears that the last Will and Testament of Samuel Lewis late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the twenty first of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty was proved and recorded in the said office on the Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty in Liber T. T. S. N.o 1 folio 77 and that the said Samuel Lewis by his said will among other things did devise and direct that his negro man Jim should be free after the settlement of his Estate. And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Jim whose height is about five feet eleven & a quarter inches; whose age is about forty years; whose complexion is dark; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free in September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty one is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Jim was raised in Anne Arundel County and has a large scar on the breast and a squint in the right eye |
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