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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 216   View pdf image
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                              216.

Levi Lanham party to the within instrument of
writing before me the subscriber a Justice of
the peace of the State of maryland for said County
and acknowledges the same to be be his act and
deed for the purposes within mentioned and
the negro woman and Child within named
to be henceforth manumitted and discharged
from all services to him or to any claiming
under him and to be free and manumitted
according to the act of assembly in such cases
made and provided
       Acknowledge before      Edward Warfield
       Rec.d on the day of the date within mentioned
the sum of One Dollar Current money it being
the full consideration money within mentioned
Ex.d                                    his
Ch.d                            Levi X Lanham
3¼   Recorded the 17.th day of October 1821


       To all whom it may concern  Be it known That
I Benjamin Badger a free man of Colour of anne
arundel County in the State of maryland for divers
good causes and considerations me thereunto moving
as also in further Consideration of five 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 a Yellow
woman named Hess aged about forty two years
and able to work and gain a sufficient
livelihood and maintenance which said
Yellow woman named Hess I purchased of
a certain William H Marriott of the City of
                                              (annapolis)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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