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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 145   View pdf image
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State of maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas on the Eleventh day of August
Eighteen hundred and three James Plummer of Caroline county by deed of manumission
duly executed acknowledged and recorded amongst the land records
of Caroline County did manumit and set free a certain negro girl named
Jude to be free on the first day of January Eighteen hundred and Eleven and
the said negro girl named Jude having made application to me for a certificate
of her freedom agreeably to the act of assembly in such case made
and provided and whereas also upon the testimony of Joshua Cooper of
Caroline county that the said negro girl (now a woman) named Jude
for whom this Certificate is made is the same person mentioned in
the said manumission.  I do therefore grant her said application and
hereby Certify that the said negro woman named jude is thirty five years
of age or thereabouts she is about five feet two inches high of a dark
brown complexion was born and raised in Caroline county and has
two scars on this under part of her left arm the longest end obliquely
across the arm and the smallest one crossing the arm obliquely nearly
at right angles with the largest one as described in the following
figure / | another tolerable large scar on the upper part of the right
arm two within inches from the elbow joint and two other small
scars on the upper part of her fore head nearly in the following position
to each other ͞  ^ and no other remarkable scars or marks
that I have discovered   In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
                my name and affix the Public seal of my office this
    (seal)   15th day of July Anno Domini 1822      Jo Richardson Clk
                                                                           of Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline county to wit; Whereas on the second day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two Mary Haskins of Caroline County by
deed of manumission duly executed acknowledged and recorded amongst the land records of
Caroline County did manumit and set free a certain negro woman called Anne to be free
when she should arrive at the age of Twenty five years and the said negro woman named
Anne having made application to me for a certificate of her freedom agreeably to the act of
assembly in such case made and provided and whereas also upon the Oath of Joseph
Fleharty of Caroline county that the said negro woman named Anne for whom this certificate
is made is the same person mentioned in the said manumission I do therefore
grant her said application and hereby certify that the said negro woman named
Anne is twenty six years of age or thereabouts she is about four feet ten inches high
of a dark complexion was born and raised in Caroline County and has a scar on the
second finger of the left hand between the first and second joint on the upper side
of the finger and no other remarkable scar or mark that I have observed
             In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the public seal
(seal)    of my office this 16th day of July Anno Domini 1822
                      Jo RIchardson Clk of Caroline County Court



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