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Anne Arundel County, Manumission Record, 1844-1866
Volume 832, Page 125   View pdf image
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appeared Mabel Griffin and acknowledged the aforegoing
deed to be her act         Wm H Birckhead   J. P
56 paid   Recorded the 29 day of augt 1859
Ex d d d


    Know all Men by these presents that I John
T Hammond of the City of Annapolis Anne arundel
County and state of maryland in Consideration of the
sum of one thousand dollars in hand paid to me
at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents
by parties interested in procuring the freedom of my negro
slave Benjamin Bordley the receipt of which said
sum I hereby acknowledge and for other Consideration
me thereunto moving do hereby manumit and set
free my said negro slave Benjamin Bordley being a
light mulatto boy about five feet and ten inches
in heighth and about twenty five years of age a
slave for life his freedom to commence from the date
of these presents Witness My hand and seal this thirtieth
day of september in the year Eighteen hundred and
fifty nine                           John T Hammond   (seal)
Test   Will H Tuck
          Oliver Miller
    On the back of the aforegoing was thus written to wit
    State of maryland Anne arundel County to wit
                   I hereby Certify that on this thirtieth day of
September in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty
nine before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of
the state of maryland in and for the County aforesaid
personally appeared John T Hammond and
acknowledged the foregoing deed of Manumission
to be his act                           W.m Glover
Recorded the 30 day of September 1859


       I Elizabeth Vain of alexandria verginia
do hereby manumit and set free my negro man


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Anne Arundel County, Manumission Record, 1844-1866
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