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87 eight and twenty years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and maintainance and him the said negro man named James Davis I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted and discharged from all manner of servitude or service to me my heirs executors or administrators forever, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty fourth day of the eleventh month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine signed sealed & delivered in the presents of Mary Harrison (seal) Tho.s Norris of Tho.s Sarah Norris on the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit Ann Arundel county to wit on this eighth day of Feby 1810 personally appears Mary Harrison 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 her act and deed for the purposes within mentioned and the negro man within named to be henceforth manumitted and discharged from all services to her or any claiming under her and to be free and manumitted according to the act of assembly in such cases made and provided acknowledged before Jo.s Jenifer Recorded 24th march 1810 To all whom it may concern be it known that I Thomas Norris of Tho.s of ann arundel county in the State of Maryland for divers causes and consideration me thereunto moveing as also in further consideration of one hundred dollars current money to me paid have released from slavery liberated (manumitted) |
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