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

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Record #1816 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 122
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 7/7/1864
Name Negro Jenkins Miller
Height 5' 7 1/4"
Complexion black complexion
Other Descriptors without visible marks except scar on right temple from kick of a horse
Freedom Information and Age Age abt 46 yrs. Manumittd by Thomas J. Pattison on 5/20/1862 7 recorded in Liber W.J. No. 3 folio 15 - one of the chattel records of DO Cty. Identified by William F. Pattison.

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