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164 State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas on the thirty first day of may in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four Henry stubbs of Caroline County by deed of manumission duly executed and acknowledged and recorded among the land records of ^Books^ Caroline county did manumit and set free a certain negro woman named Milley Cornish to be free on the 1st day of June 1824. And the said negro woman named Milley Cornish 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 the said Henry Stubbs that the said negro woman named Milley Cornish 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 she is thirty three years of age or thereabouts she is about five feet three inches high of a molatto complexion was born and raised in Caroline County and has a scar on the left side of her neck apparently occasioned by a burn and no other mark or scar that I have discovered In Testimony where of I hereto subscribe my name & affix the public seal of my office (Seal) this 16th day of June 1824 Jo Richardson Clk of Caro Coty Cot Cost 50 Cts State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas on the thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight thousand and fifteen James Boon of Caroline County by deed of manumission duly executed acknowledged and recorded among the land records of Caroline County did manumit and set free a certain negro woman named Mary to be free on the Twentyeth day of November Eighteen hundred and Twenty one. And the said negro woman named Mary 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 affirmation of Elizabeth Trayless of Caroline County that the said negro woman named Mary 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 she is twenty six years of age or thereabouts she is about five feet five inches ^high^ of a complexion nearly black was born and raised in Caroline ^County^ and has a small perpendicular scar on the top of her forehead & nearly in a line with the ridge of her nose and another small scar on her left wrist between the wrist joint and the hand. And no other notable scar or mark that I have observed In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the public (seal) seal of my office this 15th day of July A D 1824 Jo Richardson Clk Cost 50 Cts of Caroline County Court |
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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
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