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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 349   View pdf image
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                                     349

Be it remembered that on this twenty fifth day of May
eighteen hundred and twenty six personally appears Solomon
Groves party to the within instrument of writing before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the state of maryland
in and for the County aforesaid and acknowledges the said
deed or instrument of writing to be his act and deed and
the negro man within named to be henceforth manumitted
and discharged from all services to him or to any claiming
under him after the time herein specified according to
the act of assembly in such case made and provided
Ch.d                                             Gideon White
2¾   Recorded the 18th day of September 1826


To all whom it may concern be it known that I James
Allison of the City of Annapolis and State of Maryland 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 Girl named
Betty (otherwise Elizabeth Lee) about 5 feet high aged
about thirty three years of old able to work and and
gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance and her
the said negro Girl named   I do hereby declare to be
free manumitted and discharged from all manner
of servitude or service to me my executors or administrators
forever.   In testimoy I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this            day of       in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and twenty six
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of                                 James Allison  (seal)
Gideon White   James H Hyde

At the foot of the aforegoing Deed was thus written to wit
Anne Arundel County sst  On the 5th day of October
1826 appeared James Allison before the subscriber a
                                                                (Justice)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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