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Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
Volume 814, Page 352   View pdf image
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                                                                                                          352

Samuel Gaither                                                   Artemus Hearn   (seal)
                                    State of Maryland Howard County to Wit:
Be it Known that on this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and fifty nine before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace
of the State of Maryland in and for Howard County personally appeared
Christian Close, Barbara Close, Greenberry Gaither and Catharine
Gaither his wife and Artemus Hearn the parties named in the
above deed of manumission and acknowledged the same to
be their act and deed for the purposes therein named
                                                                John Ridgely of Jno J P

Received to be Recorded on the 9th day of May 1859 same day
Recorded and examined per
                                                                W W Watkins clk


Christian Close
          & others
Deed Manumission
to Henry
 Know all men by these presents that we Christian
Close, Barbara Ann Close, Greenberry Gaither
and Catharine Gaither his wife and Artemus
Hearn all of Howard County in the State of
Maryland do hereby manumit and set free our
negro slave Henry about twenty eight years of age his freedom
to Commence from the date of these presents
                   Witness our hands and seals this thirtieth
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty nine                                             Christian Close          (seal)
    Test                                                      Barbara Ann Close   (seal)
John Ridgely of Jno                                   Greenberry Gaither    (seal)
Samuel Gaither                                         Catherine Gaither       (seal)
                                                                 Artemus Hearn          (seal)
State of maryland Howard County Sct:
Be it remembered that on this thirtieth day of April in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty nine before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for Howard
County personally appeared Christian Close, Barbara Ann Close
Greenberry Gaither and Catherine Gaither his wife and Artemus
Hearn the parties named in the above deed of manumission
and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the
purposes therein named
                                                       John Ridgely of Jon J P

Received to be recorded on the 9th day of May 1859 and the
same day Recorded and Examined per
                                                             W. W. Watkins clk


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Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
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