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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
Volume 854, Page 77   View pdf image
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year a certain negro Girl named Minty of a
dark complexion four feet ten & half Inches high
a Scar on the ^end of the^ first middle fingers of her left hand
was manumitted & set free by the last will and
Testament of the Said William Merchant her
freedom to commence on the first day of Jany
1811  Her person identified by a certain George
Palmer   Given under my hand & Seal this
27.th day of July Anno Domini Eighteen hundred
and twenty two
                            Tho C Earle Rgr Wills
                            Queen Anns County


       Sate of Maryland       Queen Anns County To Wit
                         Whereas a certain negro man named
Samuel has made application to me for a certificate
of freedom under the Act of the General Assembly of
maryland passed at November Session Eighteen
hundred and five   I do therefore certify to all whom
it doth or may concern that by the last will & Testamt
of a certain William Legg late of Queen Anns County
deceased duly executed on the 9.th day of April 1814
1815   a certain negro Boy named Samuel of a very
light complexion five feet eight inches in height
thick set round face and fine black hair was
manumitted & set free by the last will & Testament
of the said William Legg   his freedom to commence
on the first day of January 1821  His person identified
by a certain William Harper Sen.r  Given
under my hand & Seal this 20.th day of August
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and
twenty two                           Thos C Earle Rgr Wills
                                            Queen Anns County


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