I Ezekiel Cowgill of Kent County on Delaware Farmer do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Woman called Abigail aged about forty seven years, and that she shall be adjudged deemed & taken as and and for a free Woman without the Lett, Hinderance or Molestation of Me my Heirs Executors Admrs or any other Person or Persons Whatsoever But that she shall be at her own Disposal to act for herself to all Intents & Purposes as a free Woman. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix’d my Seal this 3rd day of third Month one thousand seven hundred & seventy five. 1775. Ezekiel Cowgill {seal}

Witness Present Warner Mifflin Benja Dawson John Cowgill

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 6, Page 5

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Transcribed 1 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky