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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 554   View pdf image
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maintenance and her the said negro Nelly I do
declare to be henceforth free manumitted and
discharged from all manner of service to me my
Executors Administrators or Assigns forever
       In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand
and seal the twenty sixth day of october Eighteen
hundred & thirty three
Signed sealed & delivered in
presence of   James Hunter        M  Mercer  (seal)
                         J Murray

    Anne Arundel County Sc.   On this twenty sixth
day of October 1833 personally appeared Margaret
Mercer before me the subscriber a justice of the
peace of the State of Maryland for Anne Arundel
County and acknowledged the above instrument
of writing to be her act & deed according to the
true intent and meaning thereof & the act of
assembly in such case made & provided and I
further Certify that the said Margaret Mercer
is the identical person named therein as grantor
paid     Acknowledged before & Certified by James Hunter

       This Indenture witnesseth that I Thomas Cross
of Anne Arundel County in the state of Maryland for
and in consideration of the sum of ten cents to me in hand
paid at and before the Ensealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
have released from slavery manumitted and set free
and by these presents do release from slavery manumit
and set free aged about Jacob alias Jacob Williams
aged about forty seven years my negro woman Linny
alias Linny Williams aged about forty one years my
                                                                   negro


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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