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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
Volume 854, Page 139   View pdf image
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139

State of Maryland Queen Anns County To wit
                      Whereas application has been made
to me by a certain mulatto man named Jacob who
calls himself Jacob Harris for a certificate of freedom
under an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland passed
at November Session 1805   I do therefore certify to all
whom it doth or may concern that by the last will & Testamt
of a certain Solomon Holton duly executed on the 21.st day
of February 1793 and proved in my Office on the 18.th day
of Nov 1795 a certain mulatto man named Jacob who
calls himself Jacob Harris about   years of age
feet   Inches in heigth and has a scar on the upper
part of his cheek very near his right Ear was manumitted
and claims his freedom under the following clause in the
will of the said Solo Holton viz   " I give and bequeath
unto my said dear wife during her natural life the
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
period. "   The said mulatto man named Jacob was
identified by the Oath of a certain Thomas Reed Senr
to be the son of Henny one of the daughters of the said
woman Mincy   Given under my hand and the seal
                                 of my Office this 20.th Nov 1830
       [seal]
                                     Tho C Earle Rr Wills
                                              for Queen Anns County


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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
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