Know all Men by these presents that I John George of Kent County on Delaware Farmer, do hereby manumit & set absolutely free all my Negroes hereafter particularly named Towitt negro Woman called Doll aged about thirty eight years; negro Man called Jiffery aged about thirty five years; (who has been at his Liberty upwards of a year) Woman called Nell aged upwards of twenty years; her Child named Charles born in the 12th Mo 1774… Also the Children of Doll above named Towitt her Daughter Esther aged eighteen years & eight Months; her Boy called Sam born 1st Mo. 1761; Girl called Peg born in the 5th mo 1763; Girl called Bett born in the 9th Mo. 1766; Boy called Caleb born in the 1st m 1769; and her Boy named Charles born in the 12th m last: so that henceforth the afsd Negroes shall be deemed adjudged & taken as & for free People to all Intents and Purposes; here[by] Renouncing all Claim on or over them for myself my Heirs, Exrs Admrs & every of us forever as Slaves in which I might have been tolerated by the Customs & Usages of the Land: declaring the afsd Negroes Doll, Jeffery, Nell & Esther from this Day forth to be at their own Dispos[al] and at Liberty to act, for themselves without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming by from or under me forever. But believing the Right to retai[n] the Government over the young ones till they arive to lawfull age, do therefore reserve the same over Boys [Sam &] Caleb & Charles, Chil??? Doll afsd and Charles the Son of Woman Nell till they shall arive to twenty one years [of age & G]irls Pegg & Bett till they shall arive to eighteen years of Age Then each & every of them (when arrived to the afsd ages) to be at their own Disposal & at Liberty to act as afsd as free Men & Women… In Testimony whereunto I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal this twentieth Day of the fourth Month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven – 1777 John George {seal}

Witness present to the acknowledgemt hereof Warner Mifflin. Rachel George Daniel Mifflin

Record 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