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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 73   View pdf image
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                          73

thousand eight hundred and nine
witness                           Samuel Thomas   (Seal)
T E Thomas
A Davalwurt

on the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit
Baltimore County to wit  on this seventh June
1809 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace
of said county appeared Samuel Thomas and
acknowledged the above manumission
be his act and Deed
                                  Tho W Griffith
Recorded 16 June 1809


To all whom it may concern  Be it known that I
John Cord of Ann Arundel County in the State of
Maryland for divers good Causes & Considerations
me thereunto moving have released from Slavery
liberated manumitted and set free and by these
presents do hereby release manumit and set free
my Negro Man Named Sam commonly Called
Samuel Squirel being thirty one years of Age
a sound healthy able bodied man well able to
work and gain a sufficient livelihood and
maintenance  And him the said Negro Man Sam
I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted
and discharged from all manner of Servitude or
Service to me my heirs Executors or administrators
for ever  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & Seal this ninth day of July eighteen hundred
and nine                                          John Cord   (Seal)
Witness    John R Frost
                Rachel Frost
                                                                   On


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