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Caroline County, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1857
Volume 834, Page 64   View pdf image
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State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas application hath been made to
me by a negro girl named Charlotte Murray for a certificate of her freedom agreeably
to the act of assembly in such case made and provided by which said act free
negroes and mulattoes are permitted to travel out of this state upon the obtention
of a certificate of being free born and whereas also upon the mark ^Affirmation^ of John Ozmon of
Caroline County that the said negro girl named Charlotte Murray for whom this
certificate is made was free born I do therefore grant her said application and hereby
certify that from her own account she is about sixteen years of age five feet and
one ^half^ inch high or thereabouts of a black complexion was born and raised in Caroline
County and has no notable marks or scars that I have observed
(seal)   In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the bublic seal
of my office this 29th day of Anno Domini 1832
Cost $1.00                                                                     Jo Richardson  Clk of
                                                                                       Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas application hath been made to me by
a negro man named Philip Murray for a certificate of his freedom agreeably to the
act of assembly in such case made and provided by which said act free negroes
and mulattoes are permitted to travil out of this state upon the obtention of a
certificate of being free born and whereas also upon the oath of Marcey Fountain
of Caroline County that the said negro man named Philip Murray for whom this
certificate is made was free born I do therefore grant his said application and hereby
certify that from his own account he is about twenty two years of age five feet five
and a quarter inches high or thereabouts of a black complexion was born and raised
in Caroline County and has a scar of a cut on the inside of his right foot and no
other notable marks or scars that I have observed
(seal)   In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the public seal
of my office this 29th day of May Anno Domini 1832
Cost $1.00                                                               Jo Richardson  Clk of
                                                                                Caroline County Court


State of Maryland Caroline County to wit; Whereas application hath been made to
me by a negro woman named Elizabeth Murray for a certificate of her freedom
agreeably to the act of assembly in such case made and provided by which said act
free negroes and mulattoes are permitted to travil out of this state upon the obtention
of a certificate of being free born and whereas also upon the oath of Marcey Fountain


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