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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit: Whereas heretofore to
wit: On the 22nd day of July 1859 a certain William Thomas of Caroline County & State aforesaid by a deed of Manumission duly executed acknowledged and recorded ^in one of the Land^ record books of Caroline County aforesaid did manumit and set free a certain negro man named WIlliam A. Thomas to be free on after the 22nd day of July 1859. and whereas application hath been made to me by a negro man present calling himself William Alfred Thomas for a Certificate of his freedom agreeably to law and whereas on the oath of Warren Husteed hath been proven that the Said William A Thomas is the same negro Man mentioned in the said deed of Manumission and is now free. I do therefore grant this Certificate. He is now about twenty one years of age five feet ^seven^ & three quarter ^inches^ of an inch high or thereabouts of a Mulatto Complexion was born & raised in this County & has no notable marks or Scars that I have observed. In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the Seal of the Circuit Court for Caroline County this Ninteenth day of June Anno Domini 1860 Robt. J. Jump clk State of Maryland Caroline County to wit: Whereas Susan Ann Thomas hath made application to me for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to law: and whereas on the Oath of William Connolly hath been proven that said Susan Ann Thomas was free born. I do therefore grant this Certificate. She is now about thirty five years of age five feet and two inches high or thereabout of a chesnutt Complexion was born & raised in Caroline County and has no notable marks or scars that I have observed (Seal) In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for Caroline County this Twenty first day of June Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and Sixty Robert J. Jump Clerk |
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