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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 380   View pdf image
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from slavery liberated manumitted and set free and
by these presents do hereby release from slavery liberate
manumit and set free my brother Samuel Matthews a
mulatto man formerly the property of Benjamin Harwood
late of the City of Annapolis and who was purchased by me of
Richard Harwood of Thomas and Heeny H Harwood
administrators of said Benjamin Harwood deceased and
him the said mulatto man Samuel Matthews named
as above I do declare to be free manumitted and discharged
from all manner of servitude or service to me my executors
or administrators from and after the date  In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
the twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
Signed Sealed & delivered
in the presence of
    S Ann Maynard                        Henry Mathews   (Seal)
       J J Cowman

At the foot of the aforegoing Deed was thus written to wit
State of Maryland Anne Arundel County to wit
On the 27th day of July one thousand eight hundred and
twenty seven personally appears Heeney Matthews party
to the within instrument of writing before me the subscriber
a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland for the county
aforesaid and acknowledges the same to be his act and deed
for the purposes within mentioned and the mulatto man
Samuel Matthews within named to be from this day free
manumitted and discharged from all services to him or to
any claiming under him and to be free and manumitted
according to the acts of assembly in such cases made and
provided            Acknowledged before      R I. Cowman
Chd
3   Recorded the 27th day of July 1827


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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