Tag: Kent County Delaware
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Manumission Lovey from James Tharp 1809
Manumission Negro Lovey from James Tharp Know all men by these presents that I James Tharp of Mispillion hundred Kent County and state of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving do hereby manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free my negro woman named Lovey. commonly called Lovey Tharp, to be free and…
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Manumission London from James Clayton 1805
Manumission Negro London from James Clayton Know all men by these presents, that I James Clayton of Murtherkill Hundred Kent County & State of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations, do by these presents, manumit, liberate and set free, a certain Negro Man named London aged about twenty years or there abouts, at the…
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Manumission Levin from William S. Whiteley Jr. 1811
Manumission Negro Levin from William S. Whiteley Jun. To all whome it may concern, be it known, that I William S. Whiteley Junr of Kent County and state of Delaware, for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving do manumate and set free my Negro man Levin (aged Eighteen years) from and after Twelve…
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Manumission Leah and others from John Pettigrew 1810
Manumission Negro Leah & others from John Pettigrew Know all men by these presents that I John Pettigrew of the Village of Milford in the County of Kent and state of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving Do hereby manumit infranchise and absolutely set free a certain Negro Woman named Leah,…
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Manumission Kitty from John Clarke 1813
Manumission Negro Kitty by John Clark Know all men by these presents that I John Clarke of the County of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and consideration em herein to moving Have and by these presents do here by Manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free my Negro Girl named Kitty to…
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Manumission Jude and others from James Raymond 1806
Manumission Negro Jude & others from James Raymond To all people before whom these presents may come Greeting Know ye, that I James Raymond of Duck Creek hundred Kent County in the state of Delaware having weighed in the scale of Justice the conditions of slavry am sensibly convinced that it is unwarrantable as well by…
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Manumission Joseph from James Jones 1803
To all whom it may concern. This is to certify that I James Jones of Duck creek hundred in Kent County & State of Delaware do hereby manumit, release and set free me negroe boy Joseph aged nine years and six months old after he shall have served me, my heirs, executors, administrators or assigns…
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Manumission Joseph from Ann Ridgely 1806
Manumission Negro Joseph from Ann Ridgely Know all men by these presents that I Ann Ridgely 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 slave, Joseph, aged about twenty six years On Condition, however, that…
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Manumission Joseph Dawset from Benjamin Cheffins 1805
Manumission Negro Joseph Dawset from Benjamin Cheffins Be it Known and remembered that I Benjamin Cheffins of Kent County and State of Delaware do by these presents set free a certain Negro Man named Joseph Dawset from and after the first day of January next to enjoy all the rights and priveledges of a free…
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Manumission Joseph and Others from John Jump 1807
Manumission Negro Joseph & others from John Jump I John Jump do set free from Bondage the following Negroes namely Joseph, Samuel, Pomp, Perry and Betty, their to commence agreeable to the following order of time viz Joseph his freedom to commence on the first day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen…
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