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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit: Whereas Anna Maria Nicols hath made application to me for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to law And whereas on the oath of John R Willis has been proven that said Anna Maria Nicols was free born. I do therefore grant this Certificate. She is now about twenty one Years of age four feet and one half inch high or thereabout of a black Complexion was born & raised in Caroline County and has a Scar on the back of her hand caused by the Cut of a knife & has no other Scar or mark 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 27th day of February A. D. 1860 Robert J Jump Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County State of Maryland Caroline County to wit: Whereas Henrietta Nicols hath made application to me for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to law: and whereas on the oath of John R. Willis has been proven that said Henrietta Nicols was free born I do therefore grant this Certificate She is now about ninteen years of age five feet high or thereabout of of black complexion was born & raised in Caroline County and has a Scar on the rist of the right arm & has no other mark or Scar 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 27th day of February Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Robert J. Jump Clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County |
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