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Certificate of Free Negroes granted under the Act of Assembly of Md 1805 ch 66

Name	height	age	comp.ⁿ	By whom freed	where raised	by whom Identified	Date of Certificate	particular marks
Henry Bridleton	5 feet 7½	35	light copper color	Edw.^d Williams	A A County	Saml Dorsett	April 24 1855	scar on the left cheek & one eye lightly defective
Horace	5 4	30	Dark chesnut	Edw.^d Williams	same	Edw^d C Williams	May 1 1855	slightly deformed in right side
Elisa Walace	5 3½	28	Dark chesnut	John Boone	—	Nicholas Boone	June 6^th 1855	scar on left arm
Sarah Walace	5 2½	40	Light chesnut	same	same	same	same	scar on left arm
Mary Johson	5 2/2	45	Dark chesnut	Margaret Sappington	—	Lot Sappington	Aug 25 1855
Valentine Williams	5 7½	54	Dark	Jno. M Burgess		Levi Toury	Aug. 15 1842 renewed Sep 5^th 1855	see Journal of the Court Sep 5 1855
Elisa Brogden	5 7½	40	Dark chesnut	Leonard Mallonee	"	Phil A Hammond	Octo 23 1855	Scar on right cheek
Mary Brogden	5 2	36	Light chesnut	same	"	Lot Sappington	same
Nance Taylor	5 1	about 50	Dark chesnut	Robt Carr	"	[illegible]	Octo 25 1855	Scar on nose
Maria Wilson	5 3	about 40	Light chesnut	Same	"	same	same	finger broke on right hand
William Scott	5 feet 6 in	30	Dark Mulatto	Rezin Hammond of Phil	"	Matthias Hammond	Jany 24^th 1856
Margaret of Peg	5 feet 1 inch	37	Bright Mulatto	Margaret Waters	"	Jno Sql Brewer	Jany 27 1856
Lloyd	5 feet 7½	32	dark nutmeg	Susanna Linstead	"	John W Williams	April 26 1856	scar on forehead
Harry	5 feet 7½	35	same	same	"	Ed.^d Duvall	"
Edward Edwards	5 feet 6 inches	35	Dark chesnut	Ephraim Duvall	Anne Arundel	James T Baldwin	May 28 1856	scar on the side of his head
Judson Duckett	5 feet 2 inches	30	Light Mulatto	James Boyle	Anne Arundel	Edwin Boyle	June 12^th 1856
Charlotte Dorsy	5 feet 2 inches	24	"	Joseph Stansbury	A. A. Coty	W.^m H Dorsy	Oct.^r 27^th 1856
Harriet Marriot	5 feet 1½	24	Black	Ann Wright	A. A. Coy	W.^m Shipley	Oct.^r 28 1856
Rachel Hughs	5 ft 3 in	30	Chesnut	Elijah Redmond	A A Co	Hamilton P Moss	July 21^st 1857	Fore finger with one joint off
Ellen	4 ft 9 in	30	Black	Tho^s Woodfield	" "	Steph Beards J^r	May 16.^th 1857
Issabella Stepney	5 1 inch	24	Black	W^m Schrivener Ballard	" "	Jos Franklin	Octo.^r 8^th 1857
George [illegible]	5 4	30	light chesnut	Rezin Hammond	A. A. Co.	Richard Cromwell	Octo 27 1857	scar on left eye & on right hand
Henry Stewart	5 10	25	yellow	[illegible] Warfield	A A C	Nich^s L Worthington	Jay 5^th 1858
Sarah	5 3	41	Brown	Sarah Warfield	" "	Dr W Davoll	Jan 25^th 1858
Mary	5	34	yellow	Elijah Redmond	A A County	Tho^s [illegible]	March 18	1858
March	31	17	Drk Chesnut	Juliannah Ballard	A A Co	Kitura Stepney	31 March 1858

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