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Kent County, Certificates of Freedom, 1849-1864
Volume 853, Page 88   View pdf image
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    Pere is five feet seven inches high black complexion
& has a small scar over his right eye
    Filed recorded & certificate issued July 10 1856 by
                                                                J F Gordon clk


To the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County
       This is to certify that Edward Johnson who is now
present & applying for a certificate of freedom was
born of a free woman and raised in this county
and is now about twenty five years of age
       July 24 1856                              James Lamb
Edw.d is five feet eight inches high black complexion
scar on the left wrist
    Filed recorded & certificate issued July 24 1856 by
                                                             J F Gordon clk


This is to certify that Richard Boyer a free negro who
is now present and applying for his pass was free born
and raised in Kent County Maryland
    Augt 9 1856                           Simon Wickes
five feet seven & one half inches black complexion
a large scar on the left arm near the shoulder & about
twenty two years old
    Filed recorded & certificate issued August 9 1856 by
                                                             J F Gordon clk


To the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County
    This is to certify that Mary Jane Tilghman and
Ann Elizabeth Davis now present and applying for
certificates of freedom were free born and raised
in Kent County Ann Elizabeth is about forty years of
age Mary Jane is about forty two years of age
    August 26 1856                           James Graves
Mary Jane is five feet one and one half inches high
with a small scar on the left side of her neck of a
dark complexion               Ann Elizabeth is five feet
three inches high with a scar on each wrist caused


 
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