August 22th 1795. N.B. This is to Certify that the Subscriber do set Jane a Negro woman Free ^from all Slavery this given under my hand this 22d day of the date before mentioned. N.B. She is to Keep Tom till he is seven years old. Edward McElroy Junr.
Edward McElroy Senr. William onail.
A True Copy test Simon Wilmer Wilson Recorder
Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 787, Image 441, Book E, Vol 2, Page 156. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221874-00440?pId=2436942
Transcribed 18 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky
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