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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 16   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Dorchester County to wit      On this thirty first day of August in
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty two personally appears Sarah Medford party to the
within instrument of writing before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland
for Dorchester County and acknowledges the same to be her act and deed for the purposes within named
and the negro boy within named to be free manumitted and discharged from all Services to her or to
any one claiming under her and to be free and manumitted or to be free at the age of Twenty one years as
named in the within instrument of writing according to the acts of Assembly in Such case made and provided
                                                                               Acknowledged before
                                                                                                                      Charles T. Smith J. P.


William W. Crawford      Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that the following Bill of Sale
    Exd   from                   was received and recorded on the 6th day of September 1852 to wit:
Levin Lake & wife                 Know all men by these presents that we Levin Lake and Angeline
Lake his wife of the State of Mississippi and County of Yalabusha for and in Consideration of the
Sum of Two hundred and Eighty five Dollars Current Money to us in hand paid by William W.
Crawford of the State of Maryland & County of Dorchester have granted bargained Sold and by
these presents do grant bargain and Sell unto the Said William W. Crawford his heirs and
assigns a certain negro boy named Jim to served according to the will of John Crawford deceased
of the said County of Dorchester & State of Maryland to serve thirty six (36) years from January
Eighteen hundred and forty five the time of said negro Jims birth have bargained sold
unto the said William Crawford his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever the title
of the said negro we the parties of the First part do warrant and defend to the parties of the
Second part against all Claims or Claimants whatsoever according to the will of the said
John Crawford above mentioned      In testimony whereof we the parties have hereunto
set our hands and affixed our seals this the twentieth (20th) day of August Eighteen Hundred
and fifty two                                                                                      Levin Lake         (Seal)
Test                                                                                                  & for his wife
          Whitefield Woolford J. P.                                                     Angeline Lake        (seal)
                                                                                                William W. Crawford   (seal)

State of Maryland Dorchester County Sct:      On the twentieth day of August
Eighteen hundred & fifty two personally appeared before me Levin Lake acting for
himself & agent for his wife Angeline Lake & William Crawford and acknowledge
the within Bill of Sale to be their act and deed according to the purport true intent
and meaning of the same and at the same time Came before me William W.
Crawford within mentioned and made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty
God that the Consideration set forth in this Bill of Sale is true and lawful as therein set forth
in this Bill of Sale   According to the true intent and meaning of the acts of assembly of 1846 Chapter
291 made and provided   Acknowledged before
                                                                            Sworn before            Whitefieldd Woodford J. P.
Received September 6th 1852 of William W. Crawford the sum of one dollar in lieu of a stamp or other Bill of Sale
                                                                                                                                        F. J. Henry Clk


Samuel McCready      Be it remembered and it is hereby Certified that the following
    Exd   from              Bill of Sale was received and recorded on the 13th day of
Noah Dayton             September 1852 to wit                                          Know all men



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