Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #1497 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 100
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 9/21/1857
Name Negro Mary Ann Jenkins
Height 4' 11 3/4"
Complexion black complexion
Other Descriptors small scar on left arm caused by vaccination, another scar on right arm above elbow
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 28 yrs. Manumitted by Francis Jenkins (father of said Negro) on 7/3/1830 & recorded in Liber ER No. 1 folios 302-303, one of chattel record books of DO Cty. Identified by Levin Jones.

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