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Record #1807 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 122
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 12/22/1863
Name Negro Mary Jackson
Height 5' 3 1/2"
Complexion x
Other Descriptors without any visible marks except the ends of her first & second finger on right hand are injured from "whitlow"
Freedom Information and Age sold by Mrs. C. M. Ray to William Hughes for term of 11 yrs from 8/15/1842, then to be free. Bill of sale recorded in Liber ER No. 2 - one of the chattel record books of DO Cty. Age abt 45 yrs, identified by F. J. Henry.

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