State of Delaware To all whom these presents Shall come Greeting I John Day of Kent County and State of Delaware for divers good causes and Considerations me thereunto moveing do hereby declare Free manimit and infranchise the Negroes following to wit Negroe David To be free in five years from the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety Seven 1797. Negroe Boy James to be free in Seventeen Years from the first day of January Seventeen hundred, and ninety seven 1797 Hereby Acknowledging the said Negroes David and James discharged from all Claim of Service or right whatsoever from me My Heirs Executors administrators, as Witness my Hand and Seal this eighth day of March in the Year Seventeen Hundred and ninety seven 1797. John Day {seal}

Sealed and Delivered in presence of us Joseph Harper. James B Many.      

Kent County State of Delaware } On the eighth day of March in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and ninety seven Personally appeared John Day before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the County afsd. Party to the within Instrument of writing who acknowledged the said Instrument of writing to be his act and deed, and the Signature and Seal thereto annexed to be respectively his. Geo. McCall

A True copy test Simon Wilmer Wilson Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll:787, Image 547, Book E, Vol 2, Page 262. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221874-00546?pId=2437400

Transcribed 17 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky