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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 304   View pdf image
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my seale this thirteenth day of april eighteen hundred
and seven                                             her
Signed Sealed in the                      Betty + Green   (seal)
presence of                                         mark
                         James H. Marriott
                         Rachel J. Marriott
On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit

A. A. county to wit.   on the 13.th day of april 1807
personally appears the above named Betty Green party to the
within instrument of writing before the subscriber a Justice
of the peace for the county aforesaid and acknowledged
the same to be his act and deed for the purposes within mentioned
according to an act of assembly in such case made and
provided
                            Acknowledged before
Recorded 25.th April 1807                  James H. Marriott


To all whom it may concern be it known that I John Smith
of Anne Arundel county in the State of Maryland for divers
good causes and considerations me thereunto moving as also
in further consideration of five shillings current money
to me in hand paid have released from slavery liberated
manumitted and set free and by these presents do hereby release
from slavery liberate manumit and set free my negro
woman named Susanna Smith being of the age of twenty
years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance and her the said negro woman named
Susanna Smith I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted
and discharged from all manner of servitude or service
to me my executors or administrators forever.  In testimony
whereof i have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this fifteenth day of may in the year of


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
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