Hi Again, Look over me if I do not add to much to these records. This to me-is heart-breaking research. But this is a wonderful record. Ramona Filed in Book 54 at page 235 of the deed records of Mason County, KY Know all men by these presents that I, Marshall Key, of the town of Washington, County of Mason and State of Kentucky do, by these presents, emancipate and set free from slavery my negro man slave, Henry Hedgman, aged between sixty and seventy years. He is a dark mulatto five feet seven inches high. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of April 1845. Marshall Key The following recorded August 28, 1845: Mason County, KY April Court, 1845 Deed of Emancipation from Marshall Key to Henry Hedgman was produced in open court by the said Key to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and the same is ordered to be recorded, and the said Henry hedgman being in open court is five feet seven inches high between sixty and seventy years of age and dark complexion. Whereupon the said Marshall Key executed and acknowledged in open court a bond for the support of said Hedgman with Harrison Taylor as his security in the penalty of five hundred dollars conditioned according to law. Attest: John James Key, Clk.