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151 State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas Application hath been made to me by a mulatto woman named Nancy Russum for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to the acts of Assembly in such case made and provided by which said acts free negroe's and mulattoe's are permitted to travel out of this state upon the obtention of a certificate of being free born; And whereas also upon the oath of John Gambrel of Caroline County aforesaid that the said mulatto woman named Nancey Russum for whom this certificate is made was free born; I do therefore grant her said application and hereby certify that from her own account she is now about thirty one years of age five feet three and a half inches high or thereabouts was born and raised in Caroline County aforesaid and of a mulatto complexion and has no notable marks or scars that I have observed (seal) In Testimony Whereof I hereto subscribe my name and Affix the Public seal of my Office this fourth day of August A. D. 1840 Jo Richardson Clk of Cost $1.00 cts Caroline County Court State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas application hath been made to me by a negro woman named Ann Prattis for a Certificate of her freedom agreeably to the acts of Assembly in such case made and Provided by which said act free negroes and mulattoe's are permitted to travel out of this State upon the obtention of a certificate of being free born; And Whereas also upon the oath of Peter Collins of Caroline County Aforesaid that the said negro woman named Ann Prattis for whom this certificate is made was free born I do therefore Grant her said Application and hereby certify that from her own accounts she was twenty six years of age some time in January last past five feet four and three quarter inches high or thereabouts was born and raised in Caroline County and of a black ^dark mulatto^ Complexion and has a scar occasioned by a gathering on her left jaw and another small scar near the end of her middle finger on her Right hand and has no other notable marks or scars that I have observed (seal) In Testimony Whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the Public seal of my office this fifth day of August A. D. 1840 Jo Richardson Clek of Cost $1.00 Caroline County Court |
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