Tag: Kent County Delaware
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Manumission Jacob from Nathaniel Coombe 1811
Manumission Negro Jacob from Nathan Coombe State of Delaware Kent County} Be it Remembered that I Nathaniel Coombe of Murderkill Hundred Kent County and State of Delaware for divers good causes to me Known have and by these presents do manumit liberate and set free a certain Negro boy the slave of me the said…
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Manumission Jacob from Elizabeth Casson 1810
Manumission Negro Jacob from Elizabeth Casson Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Casson of the county of Kent and State of Delaware for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moveing Do hereby Manumit enfranchise and absolutely set free my negro boy named Jacob. to be free and at his full and…
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Manumission Jacob and Others from Joseph Barker Esquire 1809
Manumission Negro Jacob & Others from Joseph Barker Esquire Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Barker of Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania, Esquire, 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 slaves herein…
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Manumission Jack From James Sykes 1807
Manumission Negro Jack From James Sykes This is to certify that I do manumit and forever set free my man Jack, known by the distinction, of House Jack. Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of November Anno 1807. James Sykes {seal} Test G W Sykes Kent County Ss: I do certify that the…
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Manumission Jack from James Buckmaster 1814
James Buckmaster to Negro Jack Manumission Know all men by these presents, that I James Buckmaster of the County of Kent in the State of Delaware doth hereby Manumit emancipate liberate and set free a certain Negro named Jack the slave of me the said James Buckmaster he being now thirty one years of age…
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Manumission Jack (John Roberts) from Dr James Sykes 1814
Negro Jack from Dr James Sykes I James Sykes of the Town of Dover in the State of Delaware do manumit and forever set free my man Jack Who Calls himself John Roberts Witness my hand and seal this first day of September one thousand eight hundred and fourteen James Sykes {seal} Test Arnd Naudain…
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Manumission Isaac and James from William Hughlett 1803
Manumission Negro Isaac & Jimboy from William Hughlett Know all men by these presents and whome it may concern, That on the Twenty fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred and three, I William Hughlett of Kent County in the State or Delaware did purchase at Sherriffs sale Jonathan Manlove then Sherriff at the…
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Manumission Hetty and others from Benjamin Blackiston and Jacob Griffin 1807
Manumission Negro Hetty & others from Benjamin Blackiston & Jacob Griffin Know all men by these presents that we Benjamin Blackiston of Kent County and State of Delaware and Jacob Griffin of New Castle County and State aforesaid possessing, as heirs of David Griffin deceas’d a Joint right to certain negroes herein after mentioned, for…
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Manumission Hester From Thomas Parker 1812
Manumission Negro Hester From Thomas Parker Know all Men by these presents That I Thomas Parker of Murtherkill Hundred Kent County and State of Delaware (Farmer) for divers good causes and considerations do by these presents manumit, Liberate and Set free my black woman, named Hester, aged sixteen years and six months, or there about…
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Manumission Henry from Myers Carson and John Miller Admin 1804
Know all men by these presents that we Myers Carson and John Miller administrators of Stephen Miller decd. For divours causes us thereinto moving, do hereby manumit and set free and at full liberty a certain negro boy named, Henry late the property of Stephen Miller aforesaid, reserving unto ourselves our heirs executors administrators and assigns,…
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