Manumission Joshua Nickerson To Peter Jackson Negro

Know all men by these presents that I Joshua Nickerson of the County of Kent & State of Delaware do hereby manumit enfranchise & absolutely set free my negro man named Peter Jackson to be free & at his full and at perfect liberty at the expiration of seven years from the day of the date hereof at which time he will be about forty two years old, and I do hereby Warrant and defend the liberty and freedom of the Said Negro Man Peter Jackson from my self my heirs executor & administrators & from all  & every person & persons lawfully claiming to claim by from or under me In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my and & seal this 14 December Anno Domini 1814. Joshua Nickerson {seal}

Test W Clarke, Reuben Anderson

State of Delaware Kent County SS I do certify that Joshua Nickerson personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and acknowledged the above manumission to be his act & Deed in due form of Law The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal at my Office in Milford the 14 day of December AD 1814 J Mellechop

A True Copy recorded and compared with the original this eleventh day of March in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Attest John N Boyers Recd

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 792, Image 233, Book P, Vol 2, p 119

Transcribed 3 Mar 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky