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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
Volume 825, Page 90   View pdf image
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and I the said William Hammond being willing and desirous
to grant to the said Slaves their freedom Do by
these presents for divers good causes and considerations
manumit and set free the said negro Slaves in the
manner hereafter mentioned that is to say the
freedom of the said negro Jenny to commence and
take effect when she shall attain the age of Thirty
one years and the freedom of the children which
the said Jenny may have and their posterity to
commence and take effect when they shall respectively
attain the age of Thirty one years and the
freedom of all the other above mentioned Slaves to
commence and take effect when they shall respectively
attain the age of Thirty one years and I the said
William Hammond for myself my heirs executors
and administrators do by these presents grant to the
aforesaid negroes their freedom to take place and
commence at the time herein set forth and expressed
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and
seal this Twentyeth day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and one
Signed Sealed and delivered
             In presence of              Wm Hammond   (seal)
James Mackubin
March M Duvall

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed Viz.t
Ann Arundel County to wit; on the twentyeth day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and one personally appeared before me
the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the
said County of Anne Arundel the within mentioned
William Hammond and acknowledged the within
deed of Manumission to be his act and deed according
to the true intent and meaning thereof

3½   Recorded 20 October 1801      James Mackubin


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1797-1807
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