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Kent County, Certificates of Freedom, 1849-1864
Volume 853, Page 145   View pdf image
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Filed recorded & Certificate issued Decr 12 1859
                                              By Jesse K Hines, Clerk


    To Jesse K Hines Clerk Circuit Court for Kent County
I hereby certify that Negro man now present and
applying for a certificate of freedom named Emory
Grooms aged about 30 years was born free and
raised in Kent County
    Decr 13 1859               William L Hynson
Emory is six feet and one inch high of a dark
complexion
Filed recorded & Certificate issued Decr 13 1859
                                        By Jesse K Hines, Clerk


To the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County
       I hereby Certify that a negro man now present
and applying for a certificate of freedom named
Benjamin Sheppard was born free and raised
in Kent County and is now about 30 years old
    Decr 13.th 1859
                                           David Arthur
       Ben is 5 feet 9½ inches high
filed recorded & Certificate issued 13th Decr 1859
                                           By Jesse K Hines, Clk


To the CLerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County
    I hereby Certify that a Negro man now present and
applying for a certificate of freedom named Henry
Hinson was born free and raised in Kent County
and is now about 21 years old
       Decr 24th 1859                  John Maslin
       Henry is 5 feet & 78½ inches high of dark complexion
with a scar on left arm near the elbow
    Filed recorded & Certificate issued Decr 24th 1859
                                                 By Jesse K Hines, Clk


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