I Benoni Harris of Kent County in the State of Delaware do hereby Manumit and set free a Certain Negro Girl named Pheebe which I Purchased of William Parker at & upon the expiration of Eleven years after the twenty sixth day of February last past to enjoy all the previledges of a free Negro against any claim from me my heirs executors or administrators forever as Witness my hand and Seal this 3d day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred. Benoni Harris {seal}

Signed sealed & acknowledged In presence of us Samuel Edmondson. John Lowber.

I do hereby certify that the above Manumission was acknowled before me the day & year aforesaid. John Lowber

A True Copy Attest Abraham Ridgely Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 788, Image 285, Book G, Vol 2, Page 44. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00284?pId=2438629

Transcribed 12 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky