HANNAH KENNEDY and SEVEN CHILDREN

Lauderdale County, AL
Deed Book 4, page 17.

Kennedy to Mancipation, Hannah & 7 Children

          All to whom these presents shall come Greeting:‑‑‑‑

Know ye That I Cesear Kennedy, of the town of Huntsville & State of Alabama, being duly authorized by an Act of The General assembly of said State passed at the first Session of the General Assembly of said State held in the town of Huntsville in 1819 Manument [sic] and set free my wife Hannah and her Seven children Mariah, John, Mary Ann, William, Ceaser, Bassill & Thomas

         Be it hereby fully understood that I Ceser Kennedy aforesaid do hereby pursuant to the aforesaid act of the General Assembly aforesaid set free the said Hannah and her Seven children as above named reserving those rights & powers over them that are given and allowed by the Laws of the said State of Alabama the free white parents, resident therein over their legitimate Children, hereby forever Claiming and at the same time relinquishing all right & title which I have in & to them giving all such Claim & title aforesaid to the said Hannah and her seven children above named to each one individually only with the exception of the above reservation, allowing each of those above named, now of the age of 21 years old to be entirely free, and for those now minors to be free and possess entire liberty on their arrival at the age of 21 years.

          In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 2^nd day of February 1821.

witness                                                                    Ceasar Kennedy {SEAL}
Ben Cash  N. P.

          My wife Hannah is now liberated and also are Mariah & John above the age of twenty one years. Mary Ann, was born 18 Jun 1810, Basill was born 15 July 1812, Thomas was born 18 July 1815.

State of Alabama
Madison County
Personally the within named Caesar Kennedy before me Thomas Brandon Clerk of the Court of the aforesaid county and acknowledged the signing & Sealing of the within certificate of Manumition for the purposes therein contained done at my office in the town of Huntsville this 2^nd day of February 1821.

                                                                        Thomas Brandon C. C. C.

The foregoing certificate was deliverd in this office to be recorded the 2^nd day of February 1821 which was duly done the 28^th of the same month & year.

                                                                          Thomas Brandon C. C. C.

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