The State of Ohio,  SS.    Probate Court
    Hamilton County

       I, George H. Hilton, sole Judge and ex=Officio
Clerk of the Probate Court, within and for the County afore=
said, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true transcript
of the Record of the said Court in the
matter of the Emancipation of America
Barnett

as the same appear from the records and files of said Court
        In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
               affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Cincinnati,
               this third day of March
               A.D. 1859
                   Geo. H. Hilton
                        Probate Judge and ex-officio Clerk

The State of Ohio,    SS
    Hamilton County
        I, George H. Hilton, sole Judge of the Probate
Court, within and for said County hereby certify that the sig-
nature attached to the above certificate purporting to be that of
George H. Hilton is his genuine signature; and that he was
at the time thereof, ex=officio Clerk of said Probate Court, and,
as such, full faith and credit are due his acts.

                    Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Cin-
                    cinnati, this third day of March
                    A.D. 1859
                         Geo. H. Hilton
                               Probate Judge


			

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