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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 186   View pdf image
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scar on the elbow joint of her right arm and no other notable mark or scar that
I have observed      In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix
(seal)            the public seal of my office this 16th day of February Anno Domini
                    1826            Jo Richardson Clk of Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit:  Whereas application hath
been made to me by a coulered man named Levi Carney for a Certificate
of his freedom agreeably to the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided
by which said Act free negroes and molattoes are permitted to travel out of this
state upon the Obtention of a Certificate of being free born.  And whereas also
upon the testimony of Edward Barwick of Caroline County that the said
Coulered man named Levi Carney 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 and three quarter inches high or
thereabouts says he is ^about^ thirty three years of age of a molatto complexion
was born and raised in Caroline county and has a scar on the left
side of his forehead just above the temple and another scar of a cut on
his right thigh just above the knee and is by trade a shoemaker
                         In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name
    (seal)             & affix the public seal of my office this 2d day of
March Anno Domini 1826               Jo Richardson Clk of Caro Coty Cot


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit;  Whereas application
hath been made to me by a coloured woman named Charlotte
Scott for a Certificate of her freedom agreeably to the act
of Assembly in such case made and provided by which
said Act free negroes and molattoes are permitted to travel
out of this State upon the obtention of a Certificate of being
free born and whereas also upon the oath of Sarah Williams
of Caroline county that the said coloured woman named
Charlotte Scott for whom this certificate is made was free born
I do therefore grant her said application and hereby certify
that she is thirty nine years of age or thereabouts about five
feet three inches high of a dark molatto complexion was born
and raised in Caroline County and has a scar of a burn on
her right arm just above the wrist and no other notable
scar or mark that I have discovered


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