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81 State of Maryland Queen Anns County To wit whereas a certain negro man named George has made application to me 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 & Testament of a certain Philip Feddeman late of Queen Anns County deceased duly executed on the 18.th day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty one and proved in my office on the 22d day of January Eighteen hundred & twenty two a certain negro man named George ^of a dark complexion large flat nose compact & close build five feet three inches and ¼ of an inch in height who was^ included in the following Clause in the Said last Will & Testament" All my other negroes not herein before bequeathed under the age of twenty Eight years at the time of my death including the negroes my Son in law ^Mr^ Robert Wright has had the use and possession of my Will is Shall be free at that age and my negroes Hannabal Saul Betty and Nancy Cain and Hetty McDaniel and all my other Negroes not herein before bequeathed in my possession is in the possession of my Said Son in law over the age of twenty eight Years but under the age of forty five Years at my death it is my desire Shall be free on the first day of January next following my decease" was manumited and set free by the last will & Testamt of the said Philip Feddeman His freedom to commence on the 1.st day of Jany 1823 His freedom identified by a certain Philip Henry Feddeman who is the Executor appointed by the said last will & Testament of Philip Feddeman & to whom Letters Testamentary have been granted Given under my hand & the seal of my office this 10.th day of May Anno Domini 1825 Tho C Earle Rgr wills Queen Ann County |
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