Tag: African American Genealogy
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Manumission Elijah Smith from Thomas Clayton 1814
Elijah Smith from Thomas Clayton Manumission Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Clayton of Dover in the State of Delaware for divers Good Causes and considerations me thereto moving have manumit free my negro man Elijah who calls himself Elijah Smith now about twenty four years of Age hereby for my self my…
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Manumission Charles Martain from Levi Walcott 1811
Manumission Charles Martain Negro from Levi Walcut. State of Delaware Kent County} Be it Remembered that I Levi Walcut of Murderkill Hundred in the County and State Aforesaid, for divers good causes me hereto moving have Manumitted Emanepated Liberated and set free a certain Negro Man the slave of me the said Levi Walcutt, by…
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Manumission Case Wright and Others from Jesse Farlow 1808
Manumission Case Wright & others from Jesse Farlow. To all persons to whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye, that for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moving, I do hereby declare free, Manumit & enfranchise the following Negroes, from and after the time hereafter mentioned, To wit, Case Wright on the Fifteenth…
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