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Negro George
(1 State of Maryland Harford County to wit I hereby certify that the bearer hereof Negro George five feet five inches and three quarters of an inch high twenty three years old of a dark brown or black complexion has a wide mouth thick lips and has a scar on the point of his right shoulder and under his right arm. The said George became free in the year eighteen hundred and four by virtue of a Deed of Manumission made by Ann Dulton of said county and duly acknowledged and recorded amongst the Land Records of Harford County Court. And that the said Gorge was raised in the County aforesaid In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the county aforesaid this 6.th day of August 1806 Henry Dorsey Clk The said Negro George sworn to by Samuel Bond Negro Jim State of Maryland Harford County to wit I hereby certify that the bearer hereof Negro Jim five feet seven and an half inches high thirty four years old of a black complexion became free on this second day of October Eighteen hundred and six by virtue of a Deed of Manumission made by John Osborn of said county and duly executed and Recorded the said Negro Jim was raised in Bush River Neck in said county has a small scar on the right side of his nose and very much bow-leged but more so in the right than the left leg In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the county aforesaid this second day of september in the year Eighteen hundred and six Henry Dorsey Clk The said Negro Jim was manumitted on this day in the office therefore it superseeds the necessity of his being proved to be the person as it was in my presence |
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