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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit Whereas John Blay 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 John Blay was free born I do therefore grant this Certificate he is now about twenty Six years of age five feet and six inches high or thereabout of a dark Chestnutt Complexion was born and raised in Caroline County and has a small Scar on the right side of his face caused by a burn close to the mouth and one other scar on the left arm Caused by a burn & 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 twenty seventh day of May Anno Domini Eighteen hundred & fifty nine Test Robert J Jump Clk State of Maryland Caroline County to wit: Whereas Elizabeth Price hath made application to me for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to Law and whereas on the Oath of Tilghman Nuttle has been proven that Said Elizabeth Price was free born. I do therefore grant this Certificate She is now about twenty five years of age five feet Seven inches high or thereabout of a mulatto Complexion & has the end of the first finger on the right hand disfigured and has no other notable mark or scar that I have observed and born and raised in Caroline County (seal) In Testimony whereof I hereto Subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this 14th day of June ^AD^ 1859 Robt J Jump Clk Circuit Court for Caroline County |
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