Manumission Negro Moses Shippy from William Denny

Know all men by these prests that I William Denny of Duck Creek hundred Kent County and State of Delaware do hereby manumitt and set free my Negro man Moses Shippy he being about twenty one year old as Witness my hand the 5th day of the 3 mo. 1807. William Denny

Witness Present: Wm. P. Russel

Kent County Sst. Personally appeared William Denny before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and acknowledged the foregoing manumission to be his act and deed and desired that the same may be Recorded as such. March 5th 1807. Jacob Stout

A True copy Recorded and compared with the Original this 19th day of March 1807. Attest William P. Russel Recr

.Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 789, Image 603, Book K, Vol 2, Page 44

Transcribed 16 Jun 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky