Know all Men by these presents that I James Milless of the Town of Dover do hereby liberate manumit set free and discharge My Negro Slave named Caleb Cook Blacksmith, and do hereby remise and release all services servitude Right Power and authority which I had have or could or am or was entitled to have by the laws of the State of Delaware, and him do hereby declare to be a free man, Witness my Hands and Seal thisthirtieth day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven Hundred, and Ninety seven. James Milless {seal}

Signed, sealed, & delivered in the Presence of Nicholas Ridgely who attested and subscribed this Manumission in the presence of the said James Milless.

Kent County Ss: Be it Remembered that on the thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven personally Appeared Before me Richard Bassett Chief Justie of the Court of Common Pleas in the State of Delaware the above named James Milless party to the above deed of Manumission and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand the day and year above Written. Richard Bassett C. Just.

A True copy test Simon Wilmer Wilson Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 787, Image 626, Book F, Vol 2, Page 47. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221874-00625?pId=2437738

Transcribed 17 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky