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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 482   View pdf image
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Edward Pully a man of Colour a negro child named
Edward in the second year of his age son of my negro
woman Sophia daughter of the said Edward Pully  To have
and To hold the said child Edward untill he shall
arrive to the age of Twenty one at which period of age the
said Edward is to be free  It is my will and desire
that the said child Edward be carefully brought up and
instructed by said Edward Pully untill he shall be
Twenty one when he is to have his freedom  Given from
under my hand & seal this thirtieth day of December in
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty
witnesses   Gideon Pearce       Sarah E Murray  (seal)
                      D Murray

At the foot of the aforegoing was thus written to wit
       Anne Arundel County to wit  On the 30.th day of
December 1830 personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the peace for said County Sarah E Murray
who acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be
her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
according to the true intent and meaning thereof
paid                                               Gideon Pearce
Ex.d d.d
2¼   Recorded the 2.d day of June 1831


To whom it may concern  Be it known that I Sarah E
Murray of the City of annapolis state of Maryland for
divers good causes and considerations of one dollar current money
current money to me in hand paid the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge 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 woman named Caroline sometimes
called Caroline Robertson about seventeen years of age
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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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