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Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
Volume 834, Page 88   View pdf image
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made and provided and whereas also upon the oath of Joshua Cranor of Caroline County
that the said negro man named Charles (now calling himself Charles Downes for whom this
certificate is made is the same person mentioned in the said manumission I do therefore
grant his said application and hereby certify ^that^ from his age as expressed in the said manumission
he is fifty years of age or thereabouts five feet nine and three quarter inches
high or thereabouts of a dark brown complexion born and raised in Caroline County
has a small scar of a sore on his breast and has no other notable marks or scars
that I have observed
(seal)   In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the public seal of
           my office this 3.d day of September Anno Domini 1834
Cost $1.00                                                                           Jo Richardson  Clk of
                                                                                             Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas heretofore to wit;
On the twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and sixteen
a certain Nathaniel Perry of Caroline County by deed of Manumission
duly executed acknowledged and recorded among the land records of
Caroline County did manumit and set free a certain negro man
named George Cornish to be free from and after the twenty fifth
day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty four and the said
negro man named George Cornish having made application to
me for a certificate of his freedom agreeably to the act of assembly
in such case made and provided; And whereas also upon the
Oath of William Perry of Caroline County that the said negro man
named George Carnish for whom this certificate is made is the same person mentioned
in the said manumission; I do therefore grant his said application and hereby certify
that from his age as expressed in the said manumission he was twenty five years
of age the twenty fifth day of December last five feet eight and a quarter inches
high or thereabouts of a Black complexion was born and raised in Caroline County
and has no marks or scars that I can discover
(seal)   In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the public
           seal of my office this 16th day of January Anno Domini 1835
Cost $1.00 Cts                                                               Jo Richardson  Clk of
                                                                                       Caroline County Court



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