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Henny Butler
v
Charles Carroll

Petition for freedom in General Court.

Joseph Butler a person of colour aged fifty two years or thereabouts being sworn on the holy Evangely of Almighty God deposeth & saith that Henny Butler the petitioner in this cause, is sister of the deponent and daughter of Sarah the mother of the deponent; and he has known her ever since she was a child. That Sarah the mother of Henny is the daughter of Sarah as this deponent has always understood who was the reputed daughter of old Irish Nell. The deponent knew his grandmother Sarah who has been dead about ten or twelve years. The deponent obtained his freedom at May term 1790 on a petition against Edmond Plowden of St Marys County and further he saith not.

Allen Quynn
29 decbr 1791