Record #1352 from Abstracts From the Land Records of Caroline County, Maryland

County	Caroline
Land Record Book and Date Range	W 1843- 1845
Page Number	62
Document Dates	1 Aug 1843 - 9 Sept 1843
Abstract	Deed of Trust & Marriage Contract. John Leeds Kerr of Talbot Co of first part; James E. Barroll of Kent Co. & Nicholas L. Goldsborough of Dorchester Co. of the second part & Mary Elizabeth Greenbury Kerr, wife of John Lees Kerr of third part - references marriage contract between John Kerr & Mary Elizabeth 29 Oct 1838 entitling him to all her real estate & personal property. Her husband, with her assent, has sold her negroes: Phill $400 and Charles $450 and Eliza, daughter of Susan $400. Multiple other properties are mentioned in the contract, along with mulatto woman Ruth, abt 18; negro boy Charles Henry, son of Lucien and Black Sall, slave of John Leeds Kerr; Lucien, slave of Mary E. G. Kerr, abt 2; negro man Tom, abt 28. Devised to Mary E. G. Kerr by her late father, Charles Goldsborough: negro woman Maria, abt 54; her daughter Sarah, abt 34; Henrietta Maria, called Henny, daughter of Sarah, 11; Daniel, son of Sarah, 6; Ben, son of Sarah, 3; Perry, son of Sarah, born in Feb 1843; Levin, son of Maria, lame in the knee , 37; Daniel, son of Maria, 24; Henry, son of Maria, 21; Maria, daughter of Maria, 19; Charlotte; daugher of Maria, 6 mos., Susan, 49; Lucretia, daughter of Susan, 18; Margaret, daughter of Susan, 16; George Harrison, son of Susan, 11; Horace, son of Susan, 9; Alexander, son of Susan, 5; Milly, daughter of Dido, 17; Isabella, daughter of Dido, 20; Joe, and infant, son of Isabella, born in July 1842; bob, son of Phillis, 5 on 15 Nov 1842.

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