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Queen Anne's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1807-1848 and 1858
Volume 854, Page 87   View pdf image
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    State of Maryland Queen Anns County To Wit
                whereas a certain Negro Man named
Caleb 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 and Testament of a certain
Benjamin Blunt duly executed on the 16.th day of
September in the year 1811 and proved in my
office on the 22d day of October in the same year a
certain Negro Man named Caleb five feet Six Inches
and one half of an Inch in heigth complexion black
a scar just above the left eye brow flat nose thick
lips heavy eye bushy head & usually wears whiskers
was manumitted and set free by the last Will and
Testament of the said Benjamin Blunt his freedom
to commence in twelve years from the first day of Jany
next after the execution of the ^said^ last Will & Testament
of ^the said^ Benja Blunt aforesaid. His person identified by a
certain Tho W Hopper.   Given under my hand and
the seal of my Office this 8.th day of June Anno
Domini Eighteen hundred & twenty four
                                                 Tho C Earle Rr Wills
                                                       Queen Anns County

    State of Maryland Queen Anns County To Wit
                   Whereas a certain negro man named Bill
or William 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 Thomas Baxter duly executed
on the twenty seventh day of march in the year Eighteen
hundred & four and proved in my Office on the


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