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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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