Know all men by these presents that I James Finsthwait of Mispillion hundred, Kent County and State of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations, do by these presents manumit, liberate and set free, a certain negro woman named Catharine Cohee aged forty years or thereabouts, and do hereby further agree, that the said Catharine Cohee, from this date shall be intitled to and injoy all the rights, priviledges  and immunities, which a free negro or mulatto may or can have or injoy by the laws of this state. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my  seal, this twenty third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. 1815. James Finsthwait {seal}

Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of us Benjn Brown Richard Harrington.

State of Delaware Kent County Sst. Be it Remembered, that James Finsthwait, appeared before me John Lowber, one of the Justices of the peace for said County, and acknowledged the above Indenture, to be his act and deed for the use and purpose therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal at Dover the 26th day of June A.D. 1815. John Lowber

A true Copy recorded and compared with the original this 29th day of June A.D. 1815. Attest John W. Boyer, Recr. 

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 792, Image 306, Book P, Vol 2, Page 191. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221879-00305?pId=2443121

Transcribed 17 May 2025 Nancy Maliwesky