Know all Men by these presents that I Janes Smith, Widow of Duckcreek Hundred in Kent County on Delaware do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes hereafter particularly named Viz my negro man Casar aged twenty one years & about eight months; also my negro Woman named Ann aged about thirty six years; so that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged and taken as and for free People & at Liberty to act for themselves without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any other Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under me forever And further I do hereby bind myself my Heirs Executors Administrators & every of us in the penal Sum of one hundred pounds lawfull Money of this Governm. to do & execute any other or further act or Deed that they or either of them may reasonably require or need in Order to further confirm their just Liberty granted as aforesaid. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affix’d my Seal this eighth Day of the sixth month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy and six. 1776. Jane Smith {seal}

Witness present to the sealing & delivery hence John Cowgill Warner Mifflin Ezekiel Smith

Record Examined Warner Mifflin

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Delaware, Kent County, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Manumissions 1774-1792, Image 13, Page 19.

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Transcribed 10 Feb 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky