Certificate of Freedom for Mary Jane Jones, 1844 November 28

Printed at the "TELEGRAPH" -- ALTON. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS, Madison County,} ss.} To all to whom these Presents may come -- GREETING: Know Ye, that Mary Jane Jones, wife of John Jones a person of Color, about twenty four years of age, five feet three + 1/2 inches high, Mulatto complexion, has two small pitts on each side of her [?] daughter of Elizabeth + Dicey Richardson has exhibited, presented and filed, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid, a CERTIFICATE, duly authen= ticated, of FREEDOM, as such person of Color. Now, therefore, I, WM. TYLER BROWN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Madison County, State of Illinois, CERTIFY, That said Mary Jane Jones is a FREE PESON OF COLOR, a resi= dent or citizen of the State of Illinois, and entitled to be respected accord= ingly, in Person and Property, at all-times and places, in the due prosecu= tion of her Lawful concerns.

In Testimony whereof, I have, to these Presents, signed my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Edwardsville, this 28th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty=four

Wm. T Ramsey, Clerk