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

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Record #790 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 53
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 11/18/1835
Name Negro Jacob
Height 4' 11 3/4"
Complexion blackish color
Other Descriptors marked very much with smallpox & 2 scars on left arm
Freedom Information and Age Raised in DO Cty by James Peterkin; manumitted by William H. Travers on 7/31/1812; to be free at 21 yrs of age. Now abt 24 yrs of age, granted on certificate of M. Woodland.

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