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Harford County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1811 and 1818-1842
Volume 857, Page 224   View pdf image
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                        Moses Anderson

    Maryland Harford County to wit:      I hereby certify that
the bearer hereof Negro Moses Anderson aged about fifty years
of dark complexion five feet 11 inches high a scar across
his right hand between the thumb & fore finger a hole in
the right arm occasioned by the breaking of a muscle
is the son of Negro Nelly Anderson a free woman
of colour & that said Moses was born free & is
now free               In Testimony whereof &C 24th
                         June 1842                  Henry Dorsey Clk


             Negro Matilda Brooks

    Maryland Harford County to wit:  I hereby certify that
the bearer hereof ^Negro^ Matilda Brooks aged ^about^ twenty five years
of dark complexion about five feet two inches and a half
high with a large indistinct scar on the left cheek
caused by a burn & two small scars one above and the other
^below^ above the right eye ^was born free and^ is the daughter of Negro Violet
who was manumitted by Daniel Moores and was
born free
                   In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and
       affix the seal of Harford County Court this 6th day of September
       1842                                             Henry Dorsey Clk
Identified by George W Bradford


          Negro Charles Lee Cato Brooks

    Maryland Harford County to wit:  I hereby certify that
the bearer hereof Negro charles Lee Cato Brooks aged about
twenty one years of dark ashy ^very dark^ complexion about five feet
ten inches high with a scar in the inside of his elbow
caused by a burn was born free and is the son of
negro Violet who was manumitted by Daniel
Moores
            In testimony whereof I hereto set my
    hand and affix the seal of Harford County Court
    this 6.th day of September 1842
Identified by Geo W. Bradford   Henry Dorsey Clk


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Harford County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1811 and 1818-1842
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