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130 State of Maryland Talbot County to wit: I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern That Adam Edgar of the County and State af.d came and proved to my satisfaction that the bearer hereof a black man who calls himself nearo Jones about 21 years of age 5 feet 5½ inches high with a scar over his right eye brow was born free and that he was raised in the County & state af.d In (seal) Testimony &.ca this 11th day of September Anno Dom 1809
to my satisfaction that the Bearer hereof a Black woman named Sarah alias Sarah Graves who is now about Fifty three years of age Five feet Two Inches & three quarters of an inch high has no remarkable scars is the Identical person named in a manumission from him the said Abednigo Botfield bearing date on the twentieth day of March in the year 1792 and which was duly acknowledged and enrolled among the Land Records of Talbot County afores.d where the afs.d Sarah was raised In Testimony whereof &.c this 9 Nov 1811 (Seal) JLoockerman Cl |
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