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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 111   View pdf image
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and I being satisfied by the oath of Daniel Cheezmen
Junr of the county aforesaid that the said negro man
named Jacob Howard for whom this certificate is
made is the Identical person mentioned in said
manumission I do therefore grant his said application
and heareby certify that from the age expressed in said
manumission he is upwards of forty one years of age
and is five feet nine inches high or thereabouts was
raised in Caroline County ^is^ of a black complexion and
and has a large scar on his left Cheek and a small
scar on his left wrist and no other notable marks
that I have discovered
                                     In testimony whereof
                  I have hereto set my hand and affixed
       (seal)   the public seal of my office this 23rd
                   day of June anno Domini 1818

                                           Richardson Clk of
                                        Caroline County Court


    State of Maryland Caroline county to wit  Whereas heretofore
to wit; on the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine a certain John Hooper
of Caroline county aforesaid by deed of Manumission duly executed
and recorded did manumit & set free a certain negro boy called Kitt
(at that time one year old) to be free and at liberty from the date
of the said Manumission.  And whereas the said negro boy named
Kitt (now calling himself Christopher Gardiner) has made application
to me for a certificate of his freedom agreeably to the act of assembly
in such cae made & provided and I being satisfied by the oath
of Benjamin Roe of the county aforesaid that the said negro boy
named Kitt (now calling himself Christopher Gardiner) for whom
this certificate is made is the identical negro boy mentioned in
the said Manumission  I do therefore grant his said application


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