Philadelphia County PA Archives History .....Cato SHEWBERT, Seamans Protection Certificate Application, June 17, 1806
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On this Seventeenth Day of June in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six 
Before me Benjamin Nones, Esquire, Notary Public of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, duly commissioned and authorized by Law to administer Oaths and 
Affirmations, dwelling in the City of Philadelphia, personally came Cato 
Shewbert a free Black man a Citizen of the United States of America, who being 
duly Sworn according to Law, on his solemn Oath doth declare and says, that he 
was born in the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania in the said 
United States, and that he is Thirty two years of age, and desires of me the 
Notary aforesaid to describe his person, which I find to be of the height of 
five Feet One Inches, Black wooly Hair Dark Eyes, flat Nose, round Chin, long 
Face, and a free Black man, has two scars on his left leg & a scar occasiond 
by a scald on his right foot.

I do further certify, That at the same Time came  and appeared  John Babtist a 
Citizen of the United States, who being also duly sworn did declare and say 
that he is well acquainted with Cato Shewbert and verily believes him to be 
born in the City of Philadl. in the State of Pennsyl.

				Quod Manu ac Sagillo notariali attestor 
      his
Cato   X   Shewbert 					Benj. Nones Esq.
     Mark							
	                                                  Noty. Public
      his
John   X   Babtist
     Mark


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