Know all men by these presents that I Ebenezer Turner of Kent County & State of Delaware for divers Good Causes me thereunto moaving have & by these presents do manumate and set free at the Expiration of fourteen years from this date my two Negro boys Viz Perrcy Cork & William Dixon to have and enjoy all the privileges that any other free persons does or can do, and further I the said Ebenezer Turner the freedom of the said Perrcy Cork and William Dixon, after the Expiration of the said fourteen years, from Every person or persons whatsoever claiming or hereafter to claim from by or under me my heirs, Executors administrators and assigns warrant and forever defend by these presents In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal This Sixth Day of December in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and three 1803. Ebenezer Turner {seal}

Test William Harper June.

State of Delaware Kent County Sst } I Do hereby certify that Ebenezer Turner personally appeared before me John Lowber one of the Justices of the peace for said County and acknowledged the within manumission to be his act and deed for the use and purpose therein mentioned Given under my hand the 6th day of December 1803. John Lowber

A True copy Examined and compared with the original this 6th day of December Anno Domini 1803 Attest John Caton Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 788, Image 638, Book H, Vol 2, Page 128. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00637?pId=2439786

Transcribed 24 Aug 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky