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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 148   View pdf image
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slavery liberate manumitt and set free the within
named negro Girl Kitty after the year of our lord 1821
from all manner of servitude or service to me my
executors administrators or assigns forever and also
her increase or ishue that she may have born in
the time of her servitude to wit, males at the age
of twenty five years and females at the age
of twenty one years,    In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this fourteenth day of march 1811
Witness                           John Merriken   (seal)
    Richard Merriken
       C. Warfield

On the back of the aforegoing deed was thus endorsed to wit
Anne Arundel county to wit; on this 14 day of march personally
appears John Merriken party to the within instrument of
writing before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of
the state of maryland for the said county and acknowledges
the same to be his act and deed for the purposes
within mentioned and the negro girl within named and her
increase to be henceforth manumitted and discharged from
all services to him or to any claiming under him and
to be free and manumitted at the time therein specifyed
and according to the acts of of assembly in such
cases made and provided
Exd                        Acknowledged before
Chd                                             Richard Merriken
3      Recorded the 4.th day of April 1811



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