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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 144   View pdf image
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                                   144

that on this 25th of January Eighteen hundred and
twenty appeared Elijah Pennington before the
subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the
County aforesaid and acknowledged the aforegoing
instrument of writing to be his act and deed for the
purposes within mentioned according to the act of
assembly in such cases made and provided
Chd               Before        James Hunter
Ex.d
3   Recorded the 25th day of January 1820


       To all whom it may concern  Be it known that
I Stephen Beard of ann arundell County and State
of maryland for divers good causes and considerations
me thereunto moving as also in further Consideration
of forty dollars current money to me in hand paid
have released from slavery liberated manumitted
and set free and by these presents do hereby release
from slavery liberate manumit and ^set^ free my negroes
herein after named on the following terms to wit
Jacob aged thirty seven years to be free in seven
years from the date hereof, Harry aged thirty six
years to be free in Eight years, John aged twenty
five to be free in nine years, Nick aged seven years
to serve twenty three years from the date hereof
Peter aged five years to serve twenty five years from
the date hereof, Charles aged three years to serve
twenty seven years from the date hereof, Colbert
two years old to serve twenty Eight years from the
date hereof, Henry aged one year to be free in twenty
nine years from the date hereof, Judy aged Eighteen
years to serve twelve years from the date hereof
Kitty aged fourteen years to serve to sixteen years
from the date hereof and the issue of the said
negro women Judy and Kitty to be free when they
arrive at the age of thirty years and the issue
                                                             (of)


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