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Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
Volume 834, Page 224b   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit whereas application hath
been made to me by a negro man named William Byrn for a
certificate of his freedom agreeably to the acts of assembly in such case
,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 affirmation of
Richard H Wright of the County aforesaid that the said William
Byrn 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 is now about twenty one years of age five
feet eight & one half inches high or thereabouts was born
and raised in Caroline County aforesaid of a black complexion
as has a scar over the left eye extending towards the ear and
a small scar below the same eye also a large scar on the
back of the right hand just below the thumb joint and
has no other notable marks or scars that I have observed
( Seal of )      In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
(Caroline)      my name and affix the seal of Caroline
( County )     County Court this 26th day of July A D 1847
(  Court  )                        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 Susan Chatmon for a certificate of her freedom agreeably
to the acts of assembly in such case made and provided by which said acts free negroes
and mulatto's are permitted to travel out of this state upon the obtention of a certificate
of being free born and whereas also upon the affirmation of Thomas Stanton of
Caroline County aforesaid that the said negro woman named Susan Chatman 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 twenty six years of age on the 16th
day of October next five feet three & ¾ inches high or thereabouts of a chesnut complexion
was born and raised in Caroline County aforesaid & has a large scar on her right
temple also one on her fore head over the left eye both occasioned by cuts also a scar on her
right wrist occasioned by a burn and has no other notable marks or scars that I have observed
( seal of  )      In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Caroline
(Caroline)      County Court this 20th day of August A D 1847      James H Fountain Clk
( County )                                                                                 of Caroline County Court


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Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
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