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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 name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court (Seal) 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 whereof 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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