Know all men by these presents that I James Spear of Duck Creek Hundred & Kent County have this 29th day of December 1803 Purchased of Benjamin Blackiston a Negro Boy named John or Jack which I agree he is to serve me the said Spear Six Years from the [illegible] Date and I do further agree that I am not to sell him disagreeable to the Laws of the State of Delaware, and that I bind myself & my heirs Executors or admirs to return that said Negro Jack to the said Benjamin Blackiston or to his heirs at the Expiration of the Afsd. Term, as witness my hand the day above written. James Spear his mark

Witness present Ebenezer Turner. George Smith

A True copy Examined and compared with the original the 30th day of December 1803 Attest John Caton recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 788, Image 653, Book H, Vol 2, Page 142. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00652?pId=2439832

Transcribed 22 Aug 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky