clear space clear space clear space white space
A
 r c h i v e s   o f   M a r y l a n d   O n l i n e
  Maryland State Archives | Index | Help | Search search for:
clear space
white space
Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
Volume 834, Page 188   View pdf image
 Jump to  
   << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>
clear space clear space clear space white space
188

that the said negro man named William Turner jun.r for whom this
Certificate is made was free born; I do therefore grant his said
application and hereby Certify that from his own account he was
twenty one years of age on the thirty first day of August last past
five feet four and one quarter inches high or thereabouts was
born and raised in Caroline County aforesaid and Complexion
black and the middle finger on the right hand a little crooked
and has no other notable marks or scars that I have observed
(        seal of      )       In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my
(Caroline County)      name and affix the seal of Caroline County
(         Court       )      Court this twenty fifth day of February
                                 Eighteen hundred and forty five
                                                        James H. Fountain  Clk of
                                                          Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas application
hath been made to me by a negro woman named Vilater Boston
for a Certificate of her freedom agreeably to the acts of Assembly
in such cases made and provided by which said acts free negroes
and mulattoes 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 Evitts of Caroline County aforesaid
that the said negro woman named Vilater Boston 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 was thirty six years of age on the twenty
eighth day of March last past four feet ten inches
high or thereabouts of a dark mulatto complexion was
born and raised in Caroline County aforesaid and has
a small scar on the left side of her breast near the collar
bone and has no other notable marks or scars that I have
(        Seal of      )   observed      In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
(Caroline County)   my name and affix the seal of Caroline
(         Court       )   County Court this 8.th day of March 1845
                                                    James H. Fountain  Clerk of Caroline County Court


  		clear space
clear space
white space

Please view image to verify text. To report an error, please contact us.
Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
Volume 834, Page 188   View pdf image
 Jump to  
   << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>


This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: The site may contain material from other sources which may be under copyright. Rights assessment, and full originating source citation, is the responsibility of the user.

Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!

An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.

©Copyright  Cannot perform flastmod(): Win32 Error Code = 2

Maryland State Archives