Know all men by these presents that I Jacob Biddle of the Village of Milford in the county of Kent & State of Delaware for divers good Causes and Consideration me hereunto moving do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely Set Free my Negro man Nathan aged about twenty Eight years to be free and at his perfect Liberty from the date hereof and I do hereby warrant and defend the liberty & Freedom of the Said negro Nathan from myself my heirs Executors or administrators and from all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under any of us or otherwise. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this 1st day June Eighteen hundred & nineteen. Jacob Biddle {seal}

Witness Elias Shockley William Walton

State of Delaware Kent County  I do hereby certify that Jacob Biddle personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid County and acknowledged the above manumission of Negro Nathan to be his act and deed agreeable to the true intent and meaning thereof in due form of Law this 2d day of June Eighteen hundred and nineteen. Elias Shockley

A true copy recorded & compared with the original this 3d day of June A.D. 1819 Attest John W Many Recr

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 794, Image 122, Book S, Vol 2, Page 216. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221881-00121?pId=2443121

Transcribed 1 Jun 2025 by Nancy Maliwesky