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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 11   View pdf image
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was manumitted by Miss Sarah Lane of Caroline County
to be free and at perfect liberty on the 25th day of December that
next following as by the said manumission remaining of record
in Caroline County reference being thereto had will appear And
Whereas the said negro Priss hath made application to me for
a Certificate of her freedom agreeably to act of Assembly upon
the Oath of M.r William Hooper that the said negro woman
Priss is the identical person who was manumitted as af.d I do
hereby Certify that the said negro woman called Priss is five feet
four inches high and Very Stout made and from the age expressed
in the manumitted af.d she is about thirty eight years of age she
is of a Dark Complexion was born in Queen Anns County and
raised untill she was about 13 or 14 years of age and afterwards
in Caroline has a small scar on her right Arm above her wrist
which was Cross Wise and also a small one on the under part of the
right arm which runs Lengthwise and also one on the outside rather
back of her right ankle and no other notable marks which I
can discover
                      In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
    (Seal)         my hand and affixed the Public seal of my office
                      this 11th day of June Anno Domini 1807
                                                    Tho.s Richardson Clk
                                                                   of
                                                       Caro Coty Co.t


Caroline County to wit  Be it remembered that on the 12th day of
June 1807 I delivered to negro Dublin the Certificate of which the
following is a court record.  Viz.t

State of Maryland              Whereas negro Dublin heretofore to
Caroline County to wit       wit on the 2 day of June 1802 was
manumitted by M.r Charles Blair of Caroline County her
freedom to commence and take effect on the first day of January


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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
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