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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 337   View pdf image
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State of maryland anne arundel county sc.t
                      I Nicholas Harwood clerk of ann arundel
county court.  Hereby certify that it appears by a deed of
manumission from John Cowman to negro Henny of the county
aforesaid bearing date on the 13.th day of nov.r 1796 and recorded
amongst the records of ann arundel county court aforesaid
that freedom was thereby granted unto a negro woman
by the name of Henny stated then to be of the age of two years
which said freedom was to take place when she arrived to the
of eighteen years
                      I further certify that a negro woman by the
name of Henny now present and who has made application
to me for a certificate of her freedom has proved by testimony
which is satisfactory to me that she is the identical
person who was manumitted by the above mentioned deed
of manumission the said negro woman named Henny
is about five feet one inch high and appears to be
about the age of twenty three years she is of a dark complexion
and has a mark on the breast and was raised on south river
in the county aforesaid
          Issued the 23.d of may 1807


State of maryland anne arundel county Sc.t
    I Nicholas Harwood clerk of ann arundel county court hereby
certify that a negro woman named Rachel Hammond who is now present
and who has made application to me for a certificate of her freedom
has proved by testimony which is satisfactory to me that
she is free born the said negro woman Rachel Hammond
is about five feet eleven inches high appears to be about
eighteen years of age her complexion is dark has a small
car on her left eye and was raised on the head of
south river in the county aforesaid
                Issued the 23.d of may 1807


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
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