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

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Record #1817 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 123
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 7/23/1864
Name Negro John T. Jolley
Height 5' 7 1/2"
Complexion dark chestnut complexion
Other Descriptors without visible marks, except from scar from cut on first joint of little finger of right hand
Freedom Information and Age Manumitted by John R. Creighton 5/16/1864 & recorded in Liber FJH No. 4 Folio 266 - one of the chattel record books of DO Cty. Age abt 43 yrs, identified by F. J. Henry.

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