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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
Volume 854, Page 114   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Queen Anns County To wit
                whereas application has been made to me
by a certain mulatto woman named Mary Ann who
called herself Mary Ann Jones for a certificate of freedom
under an act of the general assembly of Maryland
passed at Nov Session 1805   I do therefore certify to all
whom it doth or may concern that by the last Will
and Testament of a certain Solomon Holton duly executed
on the 21 day of February 1793 and proved in
my Office on the 18 day of November 1795 a certain
mulatto woman named Mary Ann who calls herself
Mary Ann Jones aged about 25 years five feet four
inches and three quarters in heigth a good set of teeth
a fine suit of hair and a scar on her left arm occasioned
by her having been vaccinated was manumitted
and set free under the following clause contained in
the said will " I give and bequeath unto my said
dear wife during her natural life the use of my
said negro woman Mincy and her two Children
and her future increase and of the increase of the
daughters of the said Mincy and from and immediately
after the decease of my said dear wife I direct and
order that my said negro woman Mincy and her two
children with any future increase she may have and
the increase of the daughter of the said Mincy shall be
free and I do hereby give and grant them their freedom
from that proved"  The said mulatto woman
named Mary Ann was identified by the Oath of a certain
Tho Reed Sen to be one of the Grand Children of the said
negro woman Mincy mentioned in the foregoing clause contained
in the will of the said Solomon Holton who also states
that to the best of his recollection the widow of the said
Sol Holton died about the year 1810 or 1811   Given under
                my hand and the seal of my Office this 10th day
    [Seal]   of April Anno Domini 1827
                                           Tho C Earle Rr Wills for
                                                                Queen Anns County



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