Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Lambdin of Kent County and State of Delaware, Hath and by these presents, doth Manumit and set free a Negro Girl named minter when she shall arive to the age of twenty five years, she being at the date of this present writing as near as can be assertained nine years old, In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 2nd day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and four 1804. Samuel Lambdin {seal}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us Rebeckah Lockwood. David Lockwood

State of Delaware Kent County Ss } I hereby certify that on the second day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and four personally appeared Samuel Lambdin before me Matthew Coxe one of the peace in and for said County and acknowledged the above manumission to be his act and deed for ^the purposes therein mentioned Witness my hand and Seal the day and year above Matthew Coxe {seal}

A True copy Examined and compared with the original this 16th day of January 1804 Attest John Caton recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 789, Image 11, Book H, Vol 2, Page 152. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221876-00010?pId=2439845

Transcribed 22 Aug 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky