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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 495   View pdf image
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On the back of the aforegoing was thus written to wit
Rec.d      July 1831 the day of the date of the within
mentioned deed of manumission the sum of five dollars
it being in full of the consideration money therein expressed
Test                                                             his
       J F Wilson                                 Darnall X Smith
                                                                  mark

          Anne Arundel County Sc.t   Be it remembered that
on this             day of June 1831 personally appears Daniel
Smith party to the within Instrument of writing before
me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the state of
Maryland for said County and acknowledges the same
to be his act and deed for the purpose within mentioned
and the negro woman Harriet and her four children Daniel
Hagar Harriett and Henry within named to be henceforth
manumitted according to the act of assembly in such case
made and provided
chd               acknowledged before         J F Wilson
3½   Recorded the 25.th day of October 1831


    To all whome it may concern be it known that I
Nicholas Ridgely and Mary Ridgely my wife of Anne
Arundel County in the state of Maryland for divers
good causes and considerations me hereunto moving as also
in further consideration of one dollar currant money to
me in hand do Jointly agree to release from slavery
after the death of her the said Mary Ridgely to liberate
manumit and set free my negro man named Oen Walker
being of the age of twenty years the first day of October
last and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance and him the said negro man named
Oen walker I do declare to be henceforth free manumitted
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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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