We the Subscribers do hereby for ourselves our Heirs Executors, and Administrators absolutely liberate and set free a certain negro boy named Stephen Toney at or upon the fourteenth day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and three. that from & after that day he shall be esteemed as a freeman. Given under our hands and seals, at Dover this 14th day of April 1792. Elizar Butler his mark {seal} John Howard {seal}

Testes, Francis Many James B. Many

a true Copy Test Francis Many Recordr.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 786, Image 561, Book D, Vol 2, Page 282. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221873-00560?pId=2435955

Transcribed 25 Sep 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky