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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 19   View pdf image
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    To all whom it may concern  Be it known that
I John Cowman of ann arundel County and State of
Maryland for divers good causes and considerations me
thereunto moving as also in further consideration of one
hundred dollars Current money to me in hand payed have
released from slavery and by these presents do hereby
releas from slavery liberated manumitted and set free
my negro woman named Florer or Flora aged about
twenty Eight years also my negro woman named
Rebecca aged about sixteen years and able to work and
gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance and to
the said Negro woman Named Florer or Flora and
Rebecca I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted
and discharged from all manner of servitude or service
to me my Executors and administrators forever  In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this the twenty first day of January
Eighteen hundred and seventeen
Sign'd Seal'd and delivered in
the presence of James Hunter      John Cowmans  (seal)
Richard G Hutton  Thos Becknell

on the back of the aforegoing was thus written to wit:
    Anne Arundel County to wit:  On this 21st day of
January 1817 personally appears John Cowman party to
the within instrument of writing before me the subscriber
a Justice of the peace for the aforesaid County and
acknowledges the same to be his act and deed for the
purposes within mentioned and the negroes within
named to be henceforth manumitted and discharged
from all services to him or any claiming under him
and to be free and manumitted according to the
act of assembly in such cases made and provided
                      Acknowledged before
chd                                             James Hunter
3      Recorded the 21.st day of January 1817


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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