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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 329   View pdf image
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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
Ch.d         Acknowledged before            Edward Warfield
5½   Recorded the 22d day of March 1826


To all whom it may concern be it known that I Richard
G Stockett of anne arundel county in the state of Maryland
for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving
as also in further consideration of one dollar 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
negro man named Harry Matthews late the property of
Benjamin Harwood deceased being of the age of thirty eight
years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and
maintenance and him the said negro man named Harry
Matthews I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted and
discharged from all manner of servitude or service to me my
executors or administrators forever   In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this
twenty third day of March in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty six
Signed Sealed and delivered
    in presence of                           R G. Stockett   (seal)
    James Shaw   R. I. Cowman

At the foot of the aforegoing Deed was thus written to wit
Anne Arundel County to wit on the 23rd day of March 1826
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said county
personally appeared the above named Richard G Stockett
and acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be
his act and deed and the negro man therein mentioned
                                                                         (to)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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