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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 151   View pdf image
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                                  151

January 1820 appeared before me the subscriber one
of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid
the above named Jerningham Drury party to the
above instrument of writing who acknowledged the
same to be his act and deed and the signature to be
respectively his
Chd      Acknowledged before      Lewis Sutton
Ex.d
3¼   Recorded the 7th day of march 1820
        

       Know all men by these presents that I John
Hall Dorsey son of Joshua of ann arundel County
in the State of maryland being possessed of a
Negro slave named Juliet and I the said John
Dorsey being willing and desirous to grant to the
said slave her freedom do by these presents for
divers good causes and Considerations manumit
and set free the said negro slave in the manner
hereafter mentioned that is to say the freedom of
the said negro Juliet to commence and take effect
on the twenty seventh day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty seven and I the said John Dorsey
for myself my heirs Executors and administrators
do by these presents grant to the aforesaid negro
Juliet her freedom to take place at the time
heretofore set forth and expressed.  In Witness
whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this
fourth day of February in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and twenty
Signed Sealed and delivered
       in presence of us
       William OHara         John H Dorsey  (seal)
       Arch: Dorsey


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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