Record #560 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County	Dorchester
Page	37
Date Manumission Certificate Issued	4/23/1831
Name	Francis Bishop
Height	5' 8"
Complexion	black color
Other Descriptors	small scar on forehead
Freedom Information and Age	Raised in DO Cty by Thomas Bishop; manumitted by him on 8/17/1816; to be free at age of 6 yrs. Age now abt 22 yrs, granted on information Thomas Bishop. (2nd certificate, granted 8/23/1836, having made oath he lost his former).

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