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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 132   View pdf image
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molatto man named Philip Dickinson for whom this certificate
is made was free born I do therefore grant his said application
and hereby certify that he is five feet seven inches high or thereabouts
was raised in Caroline County says he is twenty two years of age
the twelfth day of June eighteen hundred and nineteen his
complexion is of a dark molatto the end joints of the two toes next
to the little toe on his left foot off a small scar on the out
side of his left knee and a large scar on the left leg all
occasioned as he says by a burn in his childhood and has no
other notable mark or scar that I have observed
          In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
(seal)  and the public seal of my office affixed this 8th day of
    June Anno Domini 1819      Jo Richardson Clk of
                                        Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit  Whereas on the
tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen Joseph Talbott of Caroline County by
deed of manumission duly executed acknowledged and recorded
amongst the records of Caroline County did manumit and set
free a negro man named Andrew to be free from the date of
said manumission as it appears of record  And whereas the
said Andrew has made application to me for a certificate of
his freedom agreeably to the act of assembly in such case
made and provided and I being satisfied by the oath of
Samuel Talbott of the County aforesaid that the said negro
man named Andrew for whom this certificate is made is
the identical person mentioned in said manumission I do
therefore grant his said application and hereby certify
that he is five feet four and three quarter inches high or
thereabouts about twenty eight years of age born and raised
in Caroline County has a small scar on his left wrist which
he says was occasioned by being bit by his adversary in a
fight and has no other notable mark or scar that I
have discovered.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto


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