Be it Known and remembered that I Benoni Harris of Kent County and State of Delaware do hereby Manumit and Set free a certain Negro man named James Johnson from and after the Expiration of Seven years from the Date hereof to Enjoy all the priviledges of a free Negro in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of September Eighteen hundred and two 1802 Benoni Harris {seal}

Test John Lowber

State of Delaware Kent County Sst. } I do certify that Benoni Harris appeared before me John Lowber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County & acknowledged the above manumission as his Act and Deed for the purposes therein mentioned, Given under my hand the first day of September one thousand Eight hundred and two. 1802. John Lowber

A true Copy Attest John Caton Recorder September the 1st 1802.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 788, Image 436, Book G, Vol 2, Page 196. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00440?pId=2439215

Transcribed 9 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky