Friday, October 23, 2009

Frederick County, Maryland, 1805

Frederick County, Maryland, Aug 8 1805, where Thomas Gibson and Joseph Taney Sr., both of Frederick County, agree to a binder to pay "Negro William," also known as "Free William," of the same country, £150 In Maryland money to deliver to Harbert Hines, the owner of a Mulatto woman slave named, "Peg," who was was "unjustly detained" by Negro William, "against sureties and pledges." The document is signed by Ezra Mantz, Sheriff of Frederick County, and Thomas Gibson and Joseph Taney, a member of the House of Delegates.

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