I Joseph Nock of Duckcreek Hundred in Kent County on  Delaware (Farmer) do hereby manumit & set absolutely free my Negro Woman named Margaret aged about forty years, and her Child named Darcas aged about three years; so that henceforth the said Woman named Margaret shall be at her own Disposal and at Liberty to act as a free Woman without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming by from or under Me, either in Person or Property that she may possess; And her Child Dorcas aforementioned to be at her ^ Mothers Disposal till she arrives of lawful age, then to be at her own Disposal as a free Woman to all Intents & Purposes as her mother aforesaid is, from This Day. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal this twenty second Day of the third month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy Seven. 1777. Joseph Nock {seal}

Witness present to the acknowledgmt hereof Warner Mifflin William Wilson Elisabeth Wilson

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 17 Apr 2026 by Nancy Maliwesky