Know all Men by these presents that we Thomas & Elizabeth Bowman of mispillion Hundred in the County of Kent on Delaware, do hereby manumit and set absolutely free the following named Negroes Towitt Jack and old Man, & Nanny his Wife, aged about fifty years: Man Thomas aged about forty years & his Wife Sarah aged about thirty six years (all whom have been at their own Disposal near three years) negro Cato aged about twenty three years; Thomas the younger aged about twenty one years Boy named Isaac aged thirteen years & two months; and the Children of Thomas ^ & Sarah towitt Esther aged about thirteen years; Tom aged about ten years; Boy Anthony aged about eight years Girl Sarah aged one year & three months; & also a negro Girl named Dinah, aged about nine years: so that henceforth they the afsd Negroes shall be deemed adjudged and taken as and for free People, that is Jack & Nanny his Wife, Thomas  and Sarah his Wife; Cato & Thomas the younger to be & remain at their own Disposal & Liberty to act for themselves as free Men & Women without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of us or any Person claiming or to claim by from or under us or either of us, forever: as also Boys Isaac, Tom & Anthony when they shall arive to the age of twenty one years; & Esther, Sarah & Dinah, when they shall arive to eighteen Years of Age, then likewise to be at their own Disposal & at Liberty to act for themselves & as the others above named But inasmuch as Sarah the Child of Thomas & Sarah was born since they have been for themselves, We therefore resign the Governmt  to them over her till she arives of lawfull age. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set out Hands & affix’d our Seals this 24th Day of 5 Mo 1777. Thomas Bowman {seal} Elizabeth Bowman {seal}

Witness present to the Acknowledgmt hereof Anthony Woodcock Warner Mifflin  Elizabeth 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