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Anne Arundel County, Manumission Record, 1844-1866
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Deed of Manumission from
          Thomas J. Mezick
                  to
          Sundry Negroes
 To all whom it
may concern be it
known that I Thomas
J. Mezick of Anne
Arundel County
in the state of Maryland for divers good causes
and considerations me thereunto moving
have released from slavery liberated manumitted
and set free and by these presents do
hereby release from slavery liberate manumit
and set free my negroes as follows (to wit)
consisting of the following men women and
children.  My negro man named Robert Jones
aged about seventy years he having a competency
to support himself and gain a sufficient
livelihood and maintenance; my negro
woman Laura daughter of the above named
Robert aged about thirty five years now intermarried
with William Raines a free man of
color and her son William Henry aged about
fourteen years; my negro man Robert son
of the first named man Robert aged about
thirty two years and able to work and
gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance;
my negro woman Zepporah aged
about thirty years now intermarried with a
free man of color named Wiley Baily and her
three children Wiley a boy in his fourth year;
Indianna a girl in her third year; Leah a girl
about eight months old.  My negro woman Mary
aged about twenty eight years now intermarried
with Pinnel Carr a free man of color and
her children - Jacob a boy about seven
years old, Stephen Sprigg a boy about two
years old, Jane an infant girl about ten days


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