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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
Volume 854, Page 257   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Queen Anns County to wit

I hereby certify that a certain negro man named Jack
five feet seven & a half inches high of light complexion
& has a scar on his right leg  was manumitted & set free
by the last will & testament of a certain Eleanor
Tilghman dated 12th February 1821 and admitted to
probat in my office on the 20th day of said month
his freedom to commence on the 1st day of January
Eighteen hundred & forty eight his person Identified
by the evidence of a certain Col John Tilghman
                            In testimony whereof I have hereunto
(Seal)                   set my name and affixed the seal
                            of my office this 1st Jan.y 1848
                                       Lem.l Roberts   Reg wills
                                              for Queen Anns County


State of Maryland Queen Anns County to wit
    I hereby certify that a certain negro man named
Sam now about thirty years old five feet four & a fourth
inches high complexion dark & has a scar on his left
arm was manumitted & set free by the last will
and testament of a certain John May dated on
the 16th Day of December 1821 & admitted to probat
in my office on this 13th April 1822  his freedom
to commence on the 1st day of January
1848 & his person Identified by the evidence
of a certain Joshua May
                      In testimony whereof I have hereunto
    (Seal)         set my name & affixed the seal of
                      my office this 1st Jan.y 1848
                                  Lem.l Roberts   Reg wills
                                        for Queen Anns County


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