Anthony Boston v. Gassaway Rawlings and Daniel Boston v. Anne Watkins. Judgement Record William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Anna Krause Kaci L. Nash University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2019 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Judgment Record May 1793 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. Maryland State Archives General Court of the Western Shore (Judgment Record) MSA S497-17 JG 18 Supplementary Documents Judgment Record Civil Petition for Freedom May 1793 Boston, Lenah Boston, Maria Boston, Violet Chase, Jeremiah Townley, 1748-1828 Chase, Samuel, 1741-1811 Judgment for Petitioner Boston, Anthony Rawlings, Gassaway Boston, Daniel Watkins, Anne Maryland. General Court of the Western Shore Annapolis (Md.) review encoding and transcription preliminary transcription

Gassaway Rawlings vs Anthony Boston

It being admitted that the petitioner is a discendant of Violet, the Daughter of Linah the Daughter of Maria or Marea and it appearing to the court on the examination of the depositions taken in this case that Maria or Marea was spanish woman and that her daughter Linah was born before she came into Maryland and was of yellow colour or complexion with long black hair the court are of oppinion that the said Maria or Marea was not a slave, but free the court order and adjudge that the petitioner be free, and discharged from all further servitude and that the said Gassaway Rawlings pay him the costs of prosecuting his petition.

Saml Chase, J. Toy Chase

Anne Watkins vs Daniel Boston

Same Judgment