Manumission Negro Jeremiah From William Collins.

State of Delaware Kent County} To all Persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that, for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving I William Collins do hereby declare free, manumit & enfranchise, from the day of the date hereof my negro Man named Jeremiah hereby declaring the said Jeremiah free, from myself my heirs Executors, Administrators & assigns forever Witness my hand & seal this tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seven. William Collins (seal}

Seald Signed and delivered in the presence of: P Allee, Abraham Ridgely

State of Delaware Kent County} Be it Remembered that William Collins Of Duck Creek Hundred & County aforesaid came before me one of the Justices for said County, & acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be his act and Deed & the Signatures & seal thereto annexed to be respectively his, Witness my Hand this tenth day. Of August Anno Domini 1807. Abraham Ridgely

A True Copy Recorded and Compared with the Original this 11th day of August Anno Domini 1807. Attest William P. Russel Recorder.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 790, Image 77, Book K, Vol 2, Page 120

Transcribed 26 May 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky