Kent County Sst The State of Del. Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Murphey of Duck Creek hundred county and State aforesaid Do by these presents manumate my Slave Ignatius Carty to be free at the age of thirty he being Twenty five years of age The twenty sixth of last month against me my heirs Executors administrators and assigns As witness my hand & Seal this Ninth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty two A.D. 1822. Saml. Murphey {seal}

Witness Geo McGinnis Alexr McClyment

Kent County Sst The State of Del. Personally came Samuel Murphey before me Alexr. MClyment one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County and acknowledged the above Manumission to be his proper act & deed and the Signature thereunto to be his proper hand and Seal and requests it may be recorded as Such this Ninth day of April Eighteen hundred & twenty two A.D. 1822. Alexr. McClyment

A true copy recorded and compared with the original this 25th day of April AD. 1822 attest John W. Many Recr.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 795, Image 61, Book V, Vol 2, Page 185. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221882-00060?pId=2443121

Transcribed 14 Jun 2025 by Nancy Maliwesky