Know all men by these presents, that I James Sykes of the town of Dover and State of Delaware, physician, do manumit set free, and forever quit claim to to my negro woman Scarborough whom I purchased of Henry Molleston esquire Late sheriff of Kent county. Witness my hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of July anno 1802. James Sykes {seal}

Witness N. Sykes –

State of Delaware Kent County Sst } I do certify that doctor James Sykes appeared before me John Lowber one of the Justices of the peace for said county and acknowledged the above manumition as his act and Deed for the use and purposes therein mentioned. John Lowber

A True copy Examined and comparedwith the original this 1st day of August 1803 attes John Caton Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 788, Image 576, Book H, Vol 2, Page 59. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00575?pId=2439623

Transcribed 26 Aug 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky