Dutchess County fs. In the Case of Nero Morris}
A Black man who claims to be a freeman
I Daniel Hebard one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas of the county of
Dutchess Do certify that from the certificate
produced to me I have satisfactory Evidence
that Nero Morris, otherwise Nero Davis, a
man of colour about five feet six inches
high + thick set is a free man.
Daniel Hebard
Recorded the above this 28th day of April
1813
D.Brooks Clerk