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Caroline County Court, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1827
Volume 836, Page 66   View pdf image
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                                                66

Maryland
Caroline County to wit   Whereas on the seventh day of June
in the year Eighteen hundred and three John Mitchell of
Caroline County afs.d by a Deed of manumission duly executed
acknowledged and recorded amongst the records of Caroline County
did manumit and set free a negro Boy named Arch to be free
on the first day of January Eighteen hundred and twelve and
whereas the said negro man named Arch hath made application
to me for a certificate of his freedom agreeably to the provisions
of the act of assembly in such cases made and provided and
being satisfied by the oath of George A Smith of the County
afs.d that the said negro man named Arch is the Identical
person mentioned in the manumission afs.d I do therefore grant
his said application and hereby certify that from the age
expressed in the manumission afsd he is twenty Eight years
of age or thereabouts was raised in Caroline County he
is five feet six Inches high or thereabouts dark complexion
has a scar on the left side of his nose and fore cheek and
no other notable marks that I have discovered
                   In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
                   my hand and affixed the public seal of my
(seal)          office this seventh day of June in the year
                  of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen

                                           Tho Richardson Clk
                                           Caroline County Court


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