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

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Record #1779 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 120
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 1/1/1863
Name Negro Stephen Cole
Height 5' 7 1/4"
Complexion dark chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors without visible marks except large scar on end of finger on left hand
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 40 yrs. Manumitted by Jeremiah E. Wright on 5/3/1860 & recorded in Liber F.J. H. No. 2 folio 506 - chattel record book for DO Cty. Identified by J. C. Wright.

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