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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 289   View pdf image
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appeared before me the Subscriber one of the
Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged
the within instrument of writing to be his
act and deed according to the form and effect and
true meaning of the same   And the Negro man
therein named to be manumitted & liberated and set free
to all intents and purposes whatsoever
                                        Taken Before
                                              Gideon White
Recorded the 8th January 1807


Examd
d.d
    To all whom it doth or may Concern  Be it
known that I Jockey Wheeler a free Negro man formerly
the property of Henry Hall Dorsey now resideth in
Anne Arundel County in the State of Maryland for
divers good Causes and in Consideration me thereunto
moving as also in further Consideration of the Sum
of one dollar to me in hand paid have released from
slavery liberated manumitted and Set free and by
these presents do release from Slavery liberated
manumitted and set free and by these presents
do release from Slavery liberate manumit and
set free my Daughter Esther Wheeler aged about
fifteen years being able to work and gain a
sufficient livelihood and maintenance which
said Esther formerly belonged to Aquila Pumphrey
of Anne Arundel County aforesaid and was
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