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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 313   View pdf image
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service to him or any claiming under him and to
be free and manumitted according to the act
of assembly in such cases made and provided
                            acknowledged before
Recorded 27.th may 1807         Richard Merriken


       Know all men by these presents that I John Chew
Thomas of ann arundel county and state of maryland
do hereby manumit and set free my mulatto woman
slave named Bett aged about thirty years wife
of negro James late the property of Major Thomas
Snowden deceased I do also hereby manumit and
set free her four children named and aged as follows
to wit.   William aged about eight years James
aged about 5 years Sarah aged about three years
and Thomas aged about one year.  In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 30.th day of march 1807.
Witness   James H. Marriott
               Philip Snowden         Jn.o Chew Thomas (seal)

on the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to

    A. A. County to wit  on this 29th of march
1807 personally appears John C. Thomas party
to the within instrument of writing before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the
said county and acknowledged the same


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
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