Manumission Negro Betty from Thomas Bradford Junr.

Know all men by these presents, that I Thomas Bradford Junior of the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, now in the Town of Dover, County of Kent, and State of Delaware, have from motives of humanity, manumitted and hereby do manumit and set free from slavery, my negro woman Betty or Bet, formerly one of the slaves of Vincent Loockerman Senr. Of the said County of Kent, aged thirty three years being a healthy and able bodied woman, and I do hereby give grant and release unto the said Betty or Bet all my right title and claim of in and to her person, labour and Service & of in and to the Estate and property which she may hereafter acquire. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six A.D. 1806.

Thomas Bradford Jun {seal}

Sealed & Delivered in the presence of John Lowber.

State of Delaware Kent County sst} I do certify that on the twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and six, appeared Thomas Bradford Esquire before me John Lowber one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, and acknowledged the within manumition to be his act and deed for the use and purpose therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid. John Lowber {seal}

A True copy recorded, examined and compared with the Original this 13th day of August 1806. Attest William P. Russel Recr.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 789, Image 535, Book I, Vol 2, Page 362

Transcribed 7 Jul 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky