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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 359   View pdf image
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and state of Maryland for divers good causes and
considerations me thereunto moving as also in further
consideration of the sum of one dollar current money to
me in hand paid have released from slavery liberated
manumitted and set free my slave woman named
Darky being at the age of forty one and her the said
slave woman named.  I do declare to be hencefourth
free manumated 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 third day of January 1827
Witness   Rich.d Mayger        William Shipley of Rob.t  (seal)
               Nathan Shipley

At the foot of the aforegoing Deed was thus written to wit
Anne Arundel County to wit   On this third day of
January 1827 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace
for said county appears William Shipley of Rob.t and
acknowledges the above instrument of writing to be his
act and deed according to the true intent purport and
meaning thereof and the acts of assembly in such case
made & provided
Chd                                             Nathan Shipley
2   Recorded the 8th day of January 1827


To all whom it may concern be it known that I Philip
Hammond Hopkins of Anne Arundel County in the State
of Maryland have manumited and set free and by
these presents do hereby manumit and set free my
mulato man Joseph Sellman being of the age of forty
two years of a healthy Constitution sound in mind and
body and capable by labour to procure for himself
                                                                (sufficient)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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