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Caroline County Circuit Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1857-1864
Volume 835, Page 14   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit   Whereas Elojah Adams hath
made application to me for a certificate of his freedom agreeably to Law:
And whereas on the oath of Charles Edgell has been proven that said
Elisha Adams was free born      I do therefore grant this certificate
He is now about thirty two years of age Six feet and three inches
high or thereabout of a black Complexion was born & raised in
Caroline County and has two Scars on the Thumb of the left hand
has a scar on the first finger of the left hand and has no other
notable mark or scar that I have observed
                            In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my
(Seal)                   name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court
                            for Caroline County this tenth day of September
                            Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty Eight
`                                                            Robert J Jump Clk of the
                                                       Cir Court for Caroline County


    State of Maryland Caroline County to wit;   Whereas
Hester Ann Adams hath made application to me for a certificate of
her freedom agreeably to Law;      And whereas on the Oath of Charles
Edgell has been proven that Said Hester Ann Adams was free born
I do therefore grant this Certificate She is now about thirty years
of age five feet and one half inch high or thereabout of a Black
Complexion was born & raised in Caroline County and has a not
on the right side of the neck & has a scar under the left Jaw
and has lost a part of the first Joint off the fore finger of the
right hand and has no other notable marks or scars that
I have observed            In Testimony wherof I hereunto Subscribe
(Seal)         my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for
                  Caroline County this tenth day of September Anno


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Caroline County Circuit Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1857-1864
Volume 835, Page 14   View pdf image
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