Tag: African American History
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Negro Alexander Pope Manumission from Sarah Pope and Others 1817
To all whome it may Concern; We Sarah Pope late of the City of Augusta in the state of Georgia, but now of the village of Smyrna in the County of Kent & State of Delaware and Lydia Simpson and Margaret Simpson of the County of Kent and State of Delaware aforesaid Do hereby Manumit…
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Negro Ben Manumission from Samuel and Allen Talbott 1817
Know all men by these presents that whereas we Samuel & Allen Talbott one of Kent & the other of Sussex County in the State of Delaware did on the twenty fifth day of May eighteen hundred & fifteen among other things purchased of Benjamin Potter of the Village of Milford, County of Kent aforesd.…
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Negro Peter Manumission From John Purden 1817
Know all men by these presents that I John Purden of the town of Milford in Kent County & State of Delaware for divers good Causes & Considerations me thereunto moving do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free a certain negro boy belonging to me Peter previously the property of Thomas Green of whom…
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Negro Ben Smith Manumission from Daniel Walker 1817
Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Walker of Kent County in the State of Delaware for divers good causes and Considerations me hereunto moveing hath and by these presents doth manumit emancipate, liberate and set free and at full liberty my negro Ben Smith after he shall have served six years from…
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Deed Aaron Cook and wife to James Hazzard 1846
This Indenture, Made the Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six. Between Aaron Cook negro of Duck Creek Hundred in the County of Kent and State of Delaware and Mary his wife of the one part and James Hazzard (negro) of the same place of…
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Deed from Zachariah Johnson & wife to Isaac Miller 1849
This Indenture made this seventeenth day February in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and Forty nine between Zachariah Johnson (n) of Little Creek Hundred Kent County and state of Delaware and Amy his wife of the one part and Isaac Miller (n) of the same place of the other part Witnesseth…
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Indenture Sarah E. Anderson to Henry Viney 1844
This Indenture made this 29th day of November A.D. 1844. Witnesseth: That Mary Ann Anderson mother of Sarah Elizabeth Anderson a minor in consideration of the sum of one dollar lawful money of the State of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said Mary Ann Anderson by Henry Viney of Kent County in the said…
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Indenture of John Viney N to Wm H Hoffecker 1860
This Indenture made this twenty eight day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty Witnesseth: That Elijah Viney the father of John Viney a minor hath in the presence and with the approbation of Ezekiel W Reid a Justice of the Peace for Kent County in the State…
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Deed Ayres Stockley and Wife to James Tomlinson 1861
This Indenture made this fifth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty one Between Ayres Stockley of Kent County and State of Delaware and Margaret Stockley, his wife of the one part; and James Tomlinson (n) of the same County and state of the other part; Witnesseth: Whereas…
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Indenture John Viney to Samuel Kimmey A.D. 1847
This Indenture made the fifteenth day of May A.D. 1847. Witnesseth That Jonathan Viney n, father of John Viney, n a minor, in consideration of the sum of two dollars lawful money of the State of Delaware, advanced and paid to said Jonathan Viney by Samuel Kimmey of Kent County in the said State, hath…
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