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thousand Eight hundred and fifteen in Liber I. G. N.o 3
folio 111 all her negro slaves should be manumitted and set free after the expiration of their time for which they may be engaged at her death and that the said Frances Yates by his said will among other things did devise and direct that all her negro slaves should be free manumitted and set free after the expiration of their time for which they may be engaged at her death And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Eliza Ann whose height is about five feet three inches; whose age is about twenty Eighteen years; whose complexion is dark; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free at the death of the aforesaid Frances Yates and that the said negro Eliza Ann was raised in Anne Arundel County and has a scar on the right side of her neck In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed (Seal) my name and affixed the seal of my office this twenty fourth 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 Richard Merriken late of the County aforesaid, deceased, bearing date the twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fourteen was proved and recorded in the said office on the first day of December in the year of our Lord in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fourteen in Liber I. G. N.o 3 folio 73 &c and that the said Richard Merriken by his said will among other things did devise and direct that the increase of his negro woman Anne should serve until the first day of January Eighteen hundred and twenty four and then to be free And I do further Certify That it hath been proved by such Testimony as is satisfactory to me that the Bearer hereof negro Anne whose height is about five feet one inch; whose age is about thirty eight years; whose complexion is dark; and who as appears by the said Will and Testimony became free on the first day of January Eighteen hundred and twenty four is the identical person who was manumitted or freed as aforesaid and that the said negro Anne |
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