THURMAN KENNEDY

Lauderdale County, AL
Deed Book 4, p. 115.

Mary Ann Kennedy to Thurman

The State of Alabama

          All whom these present concern I send Greeting. Whereas the Legislature of Said State of Alabama passed an Act which was approved by the Governor of said State on the 14^th day of December 1824, Authorizing me to Emancipate a negro man Slave, otherwise called Joshua Thurman on my entering into Bond &c. that said Joshua should never become a public charge to any County, Town, city or Parish within the Sate of Alabama.

          And whereas I did on the 7^th day of November, in the year of our lord 1827, enter into such a bond in the penal sum of One thousand Dollars, with conditions above proposed, and gave such security, as was approved of by the Judge of the County Court of the county of Franklin, agreeable to the regulations of the said Act of Assembly, now

          Know ye that I the said Mary Ann Kennedy, do hereby Emancipate and forever discharge and set free, the said Joshua otherwise called Joshua Thurman, from slavery, and that he is forever Emancipated and free.

         In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7^th day of November, in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Seven.                                                                                        her
                                                                                  Mary Ann  X   Kennedy  {SEAL}
                                                                                                   mark

Signed & sealed before me this 7^th Novr. 1827.
Test, William S. Fulton
                   Judge of Lauderdale County Court

The State of Alabama}     This day came Mary Ann Kennedy 
Lauderdale County    }     whose signature is made to the foregoing deed of Emancipation before me William S. Fulton, Judge of County Court for said county and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
             Given under my hand and seal this 8^th day of November 1827.

                                                                 William S. Fulton
                                                                          Judge of the county Court
                                                                              of Lauderdale County

The State of Alabama}
Franklin County         }   I Gregory D. Stone, Judge of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that Mary Ann Kennedy, the person aluded [sic] to in the Act of Assembly passed by the Legislature of said State in December 1824 has this day has this day [sic] entered into a bond with good and sufficient security which bond and security I do approve and deem sufficient agreeable to the regulations of said Act which was made to authorize the said May Ann to Emancipate her Slave Joshua , otherwise called Joshua Thurman And that said Mary Ann is at liberty to emancipate said Joshua.
          Given under my hand and seal this 7^th of November 1827.

                                                                       Gregory D. Stone
                                                                                  Judge &c.