Know all Men by these presents that I David Register of Kent County on Delawa Weaver, do hereby manumit and set absolutely free all the following named Negroes from Slavery Towitt Boy called Nero aged twelve years & five months; Boy called George aged six years & six months, Boy named Daniel aged three years & ten months;  So that henceforth they shall be deemed adjudged and taken as and for free People: And when they shall arive to lawfull Age that is twenty one, then each one to be at Liberty to act for themselves as free Men without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any other Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from, or under me Forever. Witness my Hand and Seal this eleventh Day of the fifth Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven. 1777. David Register {seal}

Witness present to the Acknowledgmt hereof Warner Mifflin  Ezekiel Cowgill  Robert Register

R[ecord] Examined Warner Mifflin

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

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Transcribed 12 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky