Know all men by these presents. That I John Wallace of the County of Kent and State of Delaware from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and hereby do manumit and set free from slavery, my negro woman Rosanna aged about thirty years, and I do hereby, give, grant and release, unto the said Rosanna all my right, title and claim, of, in and to her person, labour and service and of, in and to the estate and property which she may here= after acquire or obtain. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. John Wallace {seal}

Witness James R. Mitchell Thomas Wallace

Kent County State of Delaware Be it remembered that on the 9th day of May 1835 personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County John Wallace and acknowledged the above manumission to be his act and deed and desired it might be recorded as such. Daniel Godwin

I received this manumission to record the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. H. Todd Recr.

A true Copy recorded and compared with the original this first day of June A.D. 1835. H. Todd Recr.

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll 800, Image 177. Book E, Volume 3, Page 94.

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Transcribed 29 Jan 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky