Tag: Delaware History
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Deed Solomon Mumford & wife to Isaac Gibbs Negro 1831
This Indenture made this Sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty one Between Solomon Mumford of Dover hundred Kent County and State of Delaware and Lucy his wife of the one part and Isaac Gibbs of Dover hundred of county and State aforesaid of the other…
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Indenture William Carpenter to William Smith 1855
This Indenture, made the twenty third day of January 1855, Witnesseth; That William Carpenter father of William Carpenter a minor, in consideration of the sum of twenty one & 26ct dollars lawful money of the state of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said William Carpenter ng, by William Smith of Kent County in said…
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Indenture of Charles Henry Carpenter To Isaac Jump 1865
This Indenture made this 8th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Sixty five Witnesseth that Mary Carpenter mother of Charles Henry Carpenter a minor in consideration of the sum of Five Dollars lawful money of the State of Delaware advanced and paid to the said Mary A.…
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Indenture John Wesley Carpenter to John Slay 1860
This Indenture made this thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and sixty witnesseth: That Henry Carpenter father of John Wesley Carpenter a minor hath in the presence and with the approbation of William D. Voshell a Justice of the Peace for Kent County in the state…
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Indenture Alfred Carpenter To Henry Seney 1862
This Indenture made this Eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two witnesseth that Henry Carpenter of Kent County and State of Delaware in consideration of the sum of Thirty eight dollars lawful money of the State of Delaware advanced and paid to the said Henry…
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Indenture Caleb Carpenter To William Slay 1864
This Indenture made this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four: Witnesseth: That Henry Carpenter father of Caleb Carpenter a minor, in consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars, lawful money of the State of Delaware, advanced and paid to the said Henry Carpenter by…
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Manumission Shadrach Raughley to Jack Warren (neg) 1835
Know all men by these presence That I Shadrach Raughley of Kent County in the State of Delaware from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and hereby do manumit and set free from Slavery my negro man Jack Warren, aged about twenty seven years from and after the seventh day of May, in the…
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William Quillen Manumission to Negro Jack 1834
Know all men by these presents that I William Quillen of the county of Kent and State of Delaware from motives of benevolence and humanity have Manumitted and hereby do manumit and Set free from Slavery my Negro boy Jack aged about Eleven years and Six months on conditions however that he doth well and…
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Negro John Manumission from John Grewill 1833
Know all men by these presents that I John Grewill of Kent county and State of Delaware for motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and do hereby manumit and Set free from Slavery my Negro man named John aged thirty four years the twenty eighth day of August last past that was in the…
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Henry M Ridgley Manumission to Negro Richard Walcott 1833
Know all men by these presents that I Henry M Ridgely of the town of Dover Kent County and State of Delaware from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted enfranchised and Set free from Slavery and do hereby manumit enfranchise and Set free from Slavery my negro male Slave named Richard otherwise called Richard…
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