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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 181   View pdf image
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                       181

To all to whom it may concern  Be it Known
that Ann Lane of Anne Arundel County in the
State of Maryland made her last will and testament
in writing dated the thirtieth day of March seventeen
hundred and ninety eight which will is legally
proved and recorded according to law in the register
of Wills office for the County aforesaid and the said
Ann Lane did devise under her said Will that
a certain negro Girl by the name of Sophia of
about the age of twelve years should be manumitted
and set free, and Whereas the said Ann Lane did
by her said Will authorise and empower John
Warren Osborn Sprigg Harwood and Susanna Lane
or either of them to manumit and liberate the said
negro Sophia and do declare her to be henceforth
free manumitted and discharged from all
manner of servitude agreeably to the will of
Ann Lane.   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty
third day of April in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and twelve
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of                     Susana Lane   (seal)
Gideon White   Jn.o Mallonee

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit:
Anne Arundel County to wit:  On this 23.d day of
             eighteen hundred and twelve personally
appears Susanna Lane party to the within
instrument of writing before me the subscriber
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