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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 235   View pdf image
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released from slavery liberate manumit and set
free my malato woman Ann being about sixteen
years of age and able to work and gain a sufficient
livelyhood and maintenance and her the said
molato woman named Ann I do declare to be
henceforth free manimitted and discharged from
all manner of servitude or service to me my executors
or administrators in eleven years from this date
and thereafter to be free forever.  In witness whereof I
have hereto set my hand and seal this 15 day of
January 1814
Signed Sealed and delivered      Burgess Nelson   (seal)
in the presents of
Louis Gassaway

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit:
Received on the day of the date within mentioned
the sum of one hundred dollars current money it
being the full consideration money within mentioned
Louis Gassaway                  Burgess Nelson   (seal)

Anna Arundal County to wit:  On this 15.th day of
January 1814 personally appear'd Burgess Nellson
party to the within instrument of writing before
me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the
the State of Maryland for the said County and
acknowledged the same to be his act and deed
for the purposes within mentioned and the malato
woman within named Ann to be henceforth
manumitted and discharged from all service to
him or to any claiming under him and to be free
and manumitted according to act of assembly in
such cases made and provided
ch.d         Acknowledged before        Louis Gassaway
2¾      Recorded the 15.th day of January 1814


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
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